I put my encroaching atheism into God’s hands
Too weak to do something myself, I told God to do it. And then, I had this dream ...
Melinda Selmys
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“Resting in God” is actually a thing! Who knew?
I thought if I was awake I had to be working, or I was guilty of sloth. Turns out, I was doing it wrong!
Why I cannot go back to being an atheist
Sometimes my natural skepticism asserts itself, but I cannot walk away.
When she died at 21, my sister’s life was so much more than the sum of her accomplishments
Our lives are not ordered towards getting a better job, a good marriage, a happy retirement, or even length of days. My sister understood this.
We Are All Spectacularly Disabled
On learning about joy, love and the dignity of the human being from my special needs son
Why Would God Want People to Be Unequal?
"Personal responsibility" should mean we are responsible for the well-being of others
How to Practice the Seven Spiritual Works of Mercy Online
This Lent, how about learning how to use the internet virtuously?
On the Right to the Most Ideal Life Possible
The CDC is making it needlessly onerous for a woman to be pregnant
Practicing, as a Parish, Our Pro-Life Preaching
Showing that we're open to life can be easy and inexpensive
Are You Looking Down Your Nose at “Christmas and Easter Catholics”?
The spiritually homeless need just as much mercy as the physically poor
Confession and Communion Aren’t Meant to Be Carrot and Stick
These sacraments are not merely mechanisms of discipline but media of mercy