So, I made a logo. It was through Fiverr. Here is the breakdown as I see it. I think it turned out to be a simple but very compact in its meaning. Here we go. The Compass (around the edge) - We all need something to help orient our lives. For me, it is the [...]

Each year I make it a goal to read a certain number of books. I think this year, thanks to Covid, was my all time most. This year was a lot of diving further into contemplative Christianity, prophetic preaching and justice, how we grow and change, and books on psychological/emotional health. Usually I don't shoot [...]

It is a difficult thing to preach. Years of study on the content on top of years of learning public speaking make it out to be a task more than some people may realize. It takes a sincere amount of preparation, theological and philosophical accuracy, as well as balancing logic, emotion and ethics. Again, it [...]

The Interior of Sagrada Familia "It is no small pity, and should cause us no little shame, that, through our own fault, we do not understand ourselves, or know who we are. Would it not be a sign of great ignorance, my daughters, if a person were asked who he was, and could not say, [...]

I was fortunate enough to have two parents that were educators. As they were raising my brother and I, learning was an important emphasis. Throughout childhood and into teenage years, we also had the benefit of a pastor at our home church who was actively working on his own PhD at Drew University. Combine these [...]

It is not a difficult statement to make that we tend to see ourselves as the ones in the right, those who already champion others, or what-have-you. What is difficult, however, is to course correct and humbly ask if we have been in the wrong, misunderstand the faith, or what-have-you. It is possible to be [...]

Have you heard this phrase before? Perhaps you know the more common phrase, "carpe diem," which translates as "seize the day." Well, "carpe noctem" is the opposite, "seize the night." Now, before you run off thinking that I am encouraging sleep deprivation, becoming nocturnal, or just all around having a different daily schedule than everyone [...]

Note: Before you read further, this is exactly the lesson I am learning right now. So I apologize in advance if this seems too "stream of consciousness." This may not seem like a groundbreaking statement, but we all need grace. But, I do not want to fall into the obvious statement of "we need grace [...]

Thomas Merton "My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I am following your will does not mean that I am actually [...]