On the Nightstand: Introduction to the Devout Life

I’m learning a lot about the male saints as I’m working on Brotherhood of Saints that’s due to the publisher in May. It’s a companion of sorts to Sisterhood of Saints. Through my research, I was surprised to find that I’ve never read more than a quote here or there from St. Francis de Sales.… Continue reading On the Nightstand: Introduction to the Devout Life

His Is the Sunlight

Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. In a couple of weeks, I’ll be getting together with a number of people I don’t see often enough. In some cases, it’s been years. They’re the types of friendships that… Continue reading His Is the Sunlight

Pray for Me, Jesus

Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. “I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for the ones you have given me, because they are yours,  and everything of mine is… Continue reading Pray for Me, Jesus

Ask, and We Will Receive

Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. It’d been weighing on me for four and a half months, a sin of impulse that had hurt no one but me. But I’d been without a spiritual… Continue reading Ask, and We Will Receive