Who the heck is the Holy Spirit?
Most people have an idea about God the Father and God the Son, but not much of one when it comes to their more elusive partner in crime, the third person of the Holy Trinity: the Holy Spirit.
Encountering the Father Changes Everything
On Father’s Day, my family usually gets my dad a card that has a picture of a grill or a football or tools or beer (I’m probably not alone here). These popular images of earthly fatherhood are not entirely off base, but, of course, there’s more to fatherhood than what we see at the Hallmark store.
Confessions of an (Almost) Atheist
I remember walking back to my dorm after Mass one Sunday, looking at the sky, and feeling distraught that the canvas of clouds and tree tops maybe hadn’t been painted by God and, instead, were just the result of a big, cosmic accident.
Identifying Truth in a World of Counterfeits
In my pursuit of truth, over and over I’ve arrived at truths, only to find out they were already upheld by the Catholic Church. This really helped me see how my previous perspective about the Church “forcing” truth onto people was off the mark.
Was Jesus Really God? A Reasonable Explanation
Perhaps you’ve even wondered if Jesus really is God, and not just a “good teacher” or the figment of people’s imagination.
Stop Complaining About God When You Don’t Know Him
It breaks my heart a little bit to hear those complaints because that’s not the God I know and love.
How I Got Out of the Darkness of Doubt When I Thought God Didn’t Exist
I thought to myself, “I don’t think God exists.” as I walked out of my college classroom.
For the Days You Feel Unloved
For the longest time in my faith journey, I hardly touched a Bible. I heard it proclaimed at Mass and I knew all the stories from religion class, but I only used it for the good ‘ole “close your eyes and flip to a random page to see a message […]