A quick post about Lent. I’m not going to rehash but refer you to Father Z’s great site and his post concerning fasting, abstinence and so forth. Check it out here.
Part one of an ongoing series related to vegetable gardening efforts, tips and ideas. Part One: Sad Beige Garden I plan for this post to be the first in a series about vegetable gardening. With luck, I’ll be able to […]
A home altar, or domestic altar, is a reserved space in the home where Catholics can pray, meditate, and reflect. Catholic home altars typically include religious items such as statues, candles, crucifixes, and holy water fonts. In this post, we’ll […]
Trent Horn’s book “Why We’re Catholic: Our Reasons for Faith, Hope, and Love” is a comprehensive guide to Catholicism, aimed at helping readers understand and articulate their faith. In this book, Horn provides a comprehensive explanation of Catholic doctrine, practice, […]
Minimalism is a lifestyle and design trend that has been gaining popularity in recent years. It involves living with fewer possessions and focusing on what truly matters in life. The concept of minimalism can also be applied to one’s spiritual […]
At some point, I came to a realization that faith wasn’t feelings. Meaning that for many years, I often associated good spiritual progress with an associated feeling of elation, wonder or some other semi-euphoric sense of wonder with existence. During […]
The wife and I had the privilege of traveling through a fair portion of South Dakota in Fall of 2021 and again in Fall of 2022. In our 2021 excursion, our objective was Glacier National Park (which was beyond amazing) […]
In this post, I will provide an overview of my experiences with attending retreats at the White House which I would highly recommend to anyone who may have the opportunity to do so. The White House is a Jesuit managed […]
A Teacher of Strange Things: Who Jesus Was, What He Taught, and Why People Still Follow Him by Cy Kellett I recently finished the audio version of this book and would highly recommend it, or the print version, to both […]
First posts are tricky. They imply so many expectations that can, if not careful, remain unfulfilled. My intention with this site is to simply write about things that seem of interest to me and, hopefully, provide some interest to you, […]