Nov 4, 2019
GETTING REAL: SAME SEX DESIRE & THE DISCIPLES WALK
This blog was originally posted on FOCUS's website. “This can’t be real.” I was a theology teacher showing my classroom a video featuring...
May 16, 2019
WHY WILDERNESS REMINDS ME I’M A PERSON
I stood atop Sentinel Dome, perched high above Yosemite Valley. It was one of many rounded globes of granite in the High Sierras, and...
Mar 27, 2019
FIT FOR GLORY
This blog was originally posted on The Catholic Woman. Dear sister, What do you do when things don’t fit? When you don’t fit? Not too...
Oct 8, 2018
CLARE'S STORY
It was my freshman year of college. I enjoyed newfound freedom, which mostly consisted of late-night trips to Steak & Shake with my new...
Feb 19, 2018
THE DESERT HAS THE BIGGEST SKY
This blog was originally posted at Courage International's Truth and Love website. Zion, Mojave, Red Rock. I’ve been to these deserts,...
Nov 26, 2017
COMING OUT FOR THE HOLIDAYS
This blog was originally posted on Courage International's Truth and Love website. It’s a complicated world. A parent in your child’s...
Jul 25, 2017
TRINITARIAN VULNERABILITY
“Brothers and sisters: We hold this treasure in earthen vessels...” It's the feast of St. James and today’s first reading is getting...
May 16, 2017
THE CHURCH DIDN'T FORGET YOU
I’m going to make a few assumptions here. I’m going to assume that you’re Catholic. I’m going to assume that you’ve had some kind of...