Okay, it’s gut check time again. As always, it is important to face the evils of this world with boldness and courage. We live in a world soaked with sin and only good men and women can, by the grace…
Don’t Envy Evil
Life is Beautiful
Editor’s note: Today we’re excited to welcome Heather Anderson Renshaw to the ranks of New Evangelizers bloggers! Written in honor of May the 6th both this and every year, past and present … Today I celebrate and thank God again for…
A Prayer Board
Have you ever met someone and thought, “I could tell her/him my problem”? I am that person for many people. It may have to do with the fact that whenever I take a Meyers-Briggs I am all Extrovert. Or maybe…
How significant are you?
Disappointment crept into my heart when I failed to land a plum writing assignment. This came after I visualized my writing glorifying God and my work becoming significant. I thought that would help me become significant. It got me thinking…
Go Forth
The Lord said to Abram, “Go forth from the land of your kinfolk and from your father’s house to a land that I will show you.” (Genesis 12:1, NAB) Abram was happy and content with his life, so was I….
An Interview about Ministry
(A few months back, I was interviewed by a former student about my thoughts on Christian ministry. I’m afraid he makes me sound better than I am, especially when I reference ideas from wiser and holier people than me like…
Five ways the Holy Spirit transforms our lives
God wants to manifest himself in each one of us. He joins us with the people of God throughout the world who are seeking to follow him with their whole hearts, to serve him and to serve the Church. The…
A Seeking Heart: Kingdom First
The adventure continues — my search for holiness in the ordinary every day that is my life. Sometimes, all the steps toward surrender to God’s Will and the peace promised therein is interrupted by anxiety. Lots of anxiety – think…
Are You Synced?
Does this question confuse you? It is a statement that has nothing to do with the dinner dishes. Rather, it is a question that the “young people” understand as a regular term in their vocabulary. You know, those people who…
Book Review – Sacred Fire, A Vision for Deeper Human and Christian Maturity by Fr. Ronald Rolheiser, OMI.
I was introduced a few years ago to Rolheiser when I read his book The Holy Longing. His writing resonated with me and helped me to understand much about myself and spirituality. I learned I was not the only person…