A few weeks ago, some members of our Chaplaincy community started gathering around a table to share a meal, enjoy community, and deepen in their understanding of what it really means to follow Jesus. As the Program Coordinator for the Chaplaincy, I have the privilege of being able to join gatherings like these and play some small part ...

I've always been fascinated with time. From making up little schedules for myself as a child (nerdy, I know) to writing music with themes like nostalgia or daydreaming, what we do with our time is something I've always found captivating. From a Catholic perspective, time is sacred. Practices like the Liturgy of the Hours, Friday fasts,...

Does your spirituality burn you out? For a while, mine certainly did. I know that I'm not the only one. So many of us who follow Jesus have the best intentions. We're doing all the "right" things but at the same time, there's an underlying sense that something is off. We're spiritually exhausted. Jesus' invitation in Matthew 11:28-30, ...

“And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to pr...

All throughout the history of the Church, two streams of Catholicism can be observed: the "active" and the "contemplative." For those whose have only experienced the dullness of cultural Catholicism, the dynamism of movements, the Charismatic Renewal, the New Evangelization, and social justice all serve as pathways to deeper growth. I ...

I remember one of the most powerful realizations for me theologically was understanding what the spiritual disciplines actually do. There are all kinds of spiritual disciplines, especially in the Catholic tradition like the Rosary, Lectio Divina, community, serving the poor, Charismatic prayer, evangelization, generosity and more but w...

Parenthood, along with all the joys, also comes with the unique burden of living with an adorable little viral sponge. This lovable sponge picked up a cold and passed it to me right as I was getting over another one so I spent a few weeks passed out on my couch while my wife made fun of me for having a "man cold" (in my defence, it rea...

I recently read Mark Sayers’ phenomenal work “A Non Anxious Presence: How a Changing and Complex World Will Create a Remnant of Renewed Christian Leaders.” Mark Sayers is an Australian pastor and cultural analyst and as I was reading through his excellent work, one idea stuck out with particular relevance. As he works through how we've...

• Charismatic Catholic • Traditional Catholic • Evangelical Catholic • Contemplative Catholic • Conservative Catholic • Progressive Catholic • "Real" Catholic These, and many others, are common labels people use to describe what kind of Catholic they are. In some circles, the word before “Catholic” is an important modifier, without whi...

“"The Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words" - Romans 8:26.” For a year or two I worked at the Starbucks in my hometown. It was a decent job for the most part but there was one aspect that killed me: 4:30am wake-ups for the morning shif...

"What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us." - A.W. Tozer A few months ago I was talking with my friend Jason Jensen from Tilma about how our wounds can stop us from making spiritual practices like daily prayer, community, and Sabbath an integral part of our lives. When we were talking about...