Lenten Reflection 2016
So, I’m going to reflect on just that: my own poverty. And what a perfect time Lent is to experience and reflect on our own spiritual poverty.
I Dreamt that My Son Died – A Good Friday Meditation
It seems eminently clear that the more perfect one’s love is, the more pain lies in wait. The longer couples date, the more the break-up hurts.
Seek the Lord in the Bible Every Day… Seriously!
Mark Rose wrote in our last EC blog entry about how we hunger for connection to people and to God. I know that I hunger for a lot of things, especially affirmation and security. We experience a constant state of need until we see God face to face.
“Do not be afraid, for I am with you”
What definitely scared me the most was the uncarpeted stairs- the bogeyman was going to grab my legs from between the steps and pull me into an abyss.
Catholic Small Groups Are Critical – But They’re Not the Answer
Don’t get me wrong: small groups have their place. I personally know many students who have experienced radical conversion of heart, mind and soul through attending small groups. Their faith stories/testimonies of Jesus’s love “becoming real” in their lives are powerful, a witness to trust more in our Lord and Savior.
5 Things Parishes are Doing Wrong for the New Evangelization
So your parish wants more unity – a vision to run with.
Holistic Love: Seeking Integrity as a Child of God
Excluding maybe a couple of extraordinary instances, I think it is fair to say that a broken world begets broken people.
Waiting: How my pocket knife taught me about the Holy Spirit
Eventually I went to my mom because I was afraid to re-ask my dad. That was a mistake…just led to more waiting.
Pope Crush
Because of the media’s widespread coverage of these anecdotes, my Protestant friends know almost as much about our new pope’s activities as most faithful Catholics.
The Great Commission
I am not against theological and apologetic formation – both are tremendously important; rather, I am saying that Jesus wanted our formation to include so much more.