Learning to Sit Still With God I’ve been moving fast lately. Work. Church. Volunteer events. Projects for my family. It’s all good work. It’s all for someone else. Most days, it feels like I’m doing what I was built for. … Continue reading →
How the Enemy Traps Us in Shame Something happened today that is affecting my life right now, but while reflecting on that in prayer, I recalled a while back I was watching one of those news stories about a celebrity … Continue reading →
The Quiet Power of Spiritual Direction I didn’t go looking for a spiritual director. Someone suggested it. A friend of mine, who was already seeing one, said, “Thom, with everything you’re doing, especially discerning the diaconate, you should really think … Continue reading →
Honoring My Parents After They’re Gone It happened during an examination of conscience, just before confession. I was walking through the Ten Commandments in prayer, asking God to show me where I had fallen short. When I reached the Fourth … Continue reading →
Serving with my hands. Reflecting with my heart. Led by His Body. Last week, I had every intention of posting a blog. I had ideas. I had time set aside. I was ready to sit down and reflect. Then something … Continue reading →
A Reflection on Coming Home, the Luminous Mysteries, and Seeing with New Eyes Last week, my son and I took a trip across the country in a semi-truck. It was part work and part adventure. While planning our route, we … Continue reading →
A Reflection on Returning to Daily Mass It happened quietly. No thunder. No sign in the sky. Just morning light streaming through stained glass on a Thursday. After months away, I found myself returning to daily Mass. It had been … Continue reading →
The Hearts That Help Us Trust Again Monday was Memorial Day. A lot of folks spent it grilling, traveling, or just enjoying a day off. I took my family to Mass. It wasn’t a holy day of obligation, but I … Continue reading →
A Marriage Reflection Last Sunday’s Gospel came from John 13. I’ve heard it many times. Jesus gives that new commandment to His disciples: “Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another.” But this … Continue reading →
Why I Was Afraid, and Why I’m Not Anymore? I was standing in line for Confession just before Holy Week, and I couldn’t help but notice how short the line was. Just a couple folks in front of me, and … Continue reading →