I am not an emotional person. In fact, I think I am best described as having a cold, dead heart. A heart of stone would also be apt. I have always been this way. I can’t remember a time when it was not difficult for me to conjure up emotion. I was never bothered by my lack of emotion,…
Lent is coming. It’s a time of prayer, almsgiving and—what it’s probably most known for—fasting. The week preceding Ash Wednesday, a question pops into the heads of Catholics. What shall I give up for Lent? There are the usual sacrifices: giving up chocolate or soda, taking cold showers, fasting from caffeine , etc. But for some, the same old sacrifices…
Part 1: Forgiveness I stopped making dinner and followed the sounds of screaming into the living room where I came upon yet another knock-down drag-out fight between my two youngest who had, apparently, engaged prison rules. There was some question as to who rightly owned the little red Matchbox pick-up truck as if it were the…
Life is exhausting for overthinkers. Every word we speak, every sentence we write, every action we take, every decision we make has to go through a three-part process. The pre-overthink of the moment. The crippling anxiety during the moment. The post-overthink of the moment. This three-part process is in a constant loop in our heads for every possible…
It's that time of year - Christmas music in the air, the smell of pine filling the house, tenderly wrapping gifts for loved ones and arguing to the death over whether or not Die Hard is a Christmas movie. Behold, the indisputable proof: It’s a theme repeated over and over in the Bible: God’s beloved…
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