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Outside of the Room
I used to feel like I was just outside of the room. It’s hard to explain,…
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Suffocating Faith
For clarity it is not because I dislike church, doctrine, Scripture, commitment, or even authority. In…
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The Runway Appears
In her novel Gilead, Marilynne Robinson captures a frustration that every writer, thinker, and creator knows…
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That Way Is Still the Best Way
One of the byproducts of converting to Catholicism is over-questioning my past understanding of life and…
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What Tiny Houses and My Conversion Story Have in Common
Lately, I’ve been watching tiny house videos on YouTube. I see single people, young couples, full…
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Unglamorous and Unremarkable
As a Catholic convert, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about this question: What does…
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A Strange Book to Love: Why Do I Keep Buying Wuthering Heights?
The other day I purchased a cute copy of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights from a bookstore in Fort…
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The Problem with Isolation is that it slowly turns striving into straining.
I talk about being an introvert often. And I am. What I am not is isolated.…
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Following Christ
Praying when nobody sees. #TheRealMartina What does it mean to pray in secret? I’m just going…
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Becoming, Purpose, and Passing Down Our Faith
As a Catholic convert, I find myself thinking a lot about charity. Not charity in the…
