Sacred Meditations

The Servant's Secret

The Servant's Secret

There’s a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from unrecognized work. You know the feeling. You stayed late to finish the project, and no one said thank you. You cooked...

The Servant's Secret

There’s a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from unrecognized work. You know the feeling. You stayed late to finish the project, and no one said thank you. You cooked...

Weighing Our Days: Virtue, Vice, and the Measure of a Life

Weighing Our Days: Virtue, Vice, and the Measur...

At funerals, we often hear a certain kind of grief that rises up like a wail: “She was taken too soon.” “He had so much life left to live.” And...

Weighing Our Days: Virtue, Vice, and the Measur...

At funerals, we often hear a certain kind of grief that rises up like a wail: “She was taken too soon.” “He had so much life left to live.” And...

God’s Love is the Cure for Habitual Sin [Punish me with a Kiss (Part 2)]

God’s Love is the Cure for Habitual Sin [Punish...

There is a moment familiar to any parent. A child has done something wrong—spilled something they were told not to touch, broken something precious, snuck a cookie before dinner. And...

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God’s Love is the Cure for Habitual Sin [Punish...

There is a moment familiar to any parent. A child has done something wrong—spilled something they were told not to touch, broken something precious, snuck a cookie before dinner. And...

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Father, punish me with a kiss.

Father, punish me with a kiss.

Picture a small child who has just broken something precious. Perhaps it was a vase, or a family heirloom, or something equally irreplaceable. Now imagine two different children in that...

Father, punish me with a kiss.

Picture a small child who has just broken something precious. Perhaps it was a vase, or a family heirloom, or something equally irreplaceable. Now imagine two different children in that...

Afflicted by Love

Afflicted by Love

Have you ever loved someone so much it hurt? Perhaps you’ve watched a child you cherish walk into a situation where you cannot protect them. Perhaps you’ve sat at the...

Afflicted by Love

Have you ever loved someone so much it hurt? Perhaps you’ve watched a child you cherish walk into a situation where you cannot protect them. Perhaps you’ve sat at the...

Jesus' Baptism was at the lowest place on Earth

Jesus' Baptism was at the lowest place on Earth

Have you ever noticed how we instinctively climb when we want to feel closer to something greater than ourselves? We build skyscrapers and cathedral spires that reach toward the clouds....

Jesus' Baptism was at the lowest place on Earth

Have you ever noticed how we instinctively climb when we want to feel closer to something greater than ourselves? We build skyscrapers and cathedral spires that reach toward the clouds....