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Discernment

Waiting

Advent is the season when we remind ourselves of what we are waiting for, keeping at bay the voices which tell us that our...

The Pronoun “God”

The word "God" is a pronoun whose antecedent we do not know. When we are struck by beauty, when it lays claim to our attention...

Imitatio sancti

A misspent youth, getting caught up in riches and all sorts of vanity.  A soldier, seeking the honors that the world tells him are...

Newman

Today Pope Benedict XVI beatified John Henry Cardinal Newman, one of my heroes.  A formative period in my life was during the 1990-91 academic...

Contemplative Cooking

Since I no longer believe in coincidence, I'm wondering what God is inviting me to see, not only in the sudden spate of movies...

Understanding Desire

With the feast day of Saint Augustine coming up later this week (August 28) I have been thinking about his (likely) influence on Saint...

My Day in Purgatory

I took my girls to a place called Purgatory Chasm and had a metaphor experience.  Metaphor experiences are of course those things you do...

Slumps and Winning Streaks

Psychologists study a phenomenon called "disregard of regression toward the mean." This is our tendency to expect that extreme performance will continue. ...

A Lector’s Margin Notes

I probably can't describe how I know if and when I'm hearing from the Almighty without sounding odd.  Let's just say I've (pretty much)...

Desire and the Church

During this week of Pentecost I have been thinking about the Church as an institution, a community launched by Christ and gifted with the...

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