I think that with every emotion we have that festers, we'll find a way to align with other people who revel in the same emotion or we'll run in the other direction and do all we can to let it go. We do it with music, the movies we watch, the groups or religions we [...]
St. Ignatius had a set of steps that enabled his followers to become closer to Jesus. One of them stood out to me as an interactive journey I could take—I would walk with Jesus through the Gospel of John as if I were there, using all five senses—sight, smell, touch, hearing, taste. The Beginning It’s [...]
What I find in conversation with most Christians is the prevailing questions underneath all their words: Am I enough? Do I matter? Am I doing enough? Does what I'm doing matter? The fastest way to receive the truth to these questions is to stand in front of Jesus and ask him these questions. His presence [...]
An adventure is, by its nature, a thing that comes to us. It is a thing that chooses us, not a thing that we choose. Falling in love has been often regarded as the supreme adventure, the supreme romantic accident. In so much as there is in it something outside ourselves, something of a sort [...]
Should you give up on life? It’s quite possible that shutting down, avoiding, and dissociation are what got you to the point you’re at now, and if so, ask yourself this: Have any of those behaviors given you any happiness? Let’s assume the answer is no. And that’s because in order to really live, you [...]
Self-forgiveness of something that makes you ashamed and regretful every time you think of it is harder than forgiveness of others sometimes, especially if you let it define you, when the truth is that's not who you are at all. It's not like you got up that morning and said, Yup, today I'm going [...]
We talk a lot about heaven and earth and how we can be either spaced out in heaven enjoying worship or digging into the realities of daily life on earth. We wonder how to stay living in two worlds--how to be seated in heavenly places, be in the world but not of it, and yet [...]
Giving love graciously is easier in many ways; receiving graciously, on the other hand, requires both humility and acceptance, love of oneself. We all feel joy when we give to others, especially our friends. Don't deprive others of that joy when you're in need, just because you find it difficult to receive.
I'm excited about seeing how much culture is changing re the perception of what women "should" be -- what they should wear, how they should speak, how confident they should be in company, how intelligent they should reveal they are in conversation, what jobs they should take, what roles they should be limited to... I [...]
The story of Moses hitting the rock a second time for water shows us that you can still mess up big time after spending hours in God’s presence – when you let the screaming fear and anger of people make you lash out too. Moses hit the rock. Thing is, the Rock was only meant [...]
