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Dying to Yourself

Dying to Yourself

It's been a while. I suppose being a new teacher, at a new school, teaching a subject you've never taught before will do that to you. But anyway, we're back. And this one may be a bit raw (but will hopefully have something you

Resentment (Part 1)

Virtue and Vice

Resentment (Part 1)

These past several years, I have struggled mightily with the sin of resentment. The best definition I could find says that resentment is a "deep-seated bitterness or indignation arising from a perceived wrong, insult, or injury." (I wish I could have found the source for this, but I&

A Product of the Confessional

A Product of the Confessional

It's that time again...I haven't been to confession in a hot minute, and I really have no desire to go. As I sit in prayer and think about what I ought to say to the priest, I realize that my list of sins has basically

Sheer Sense of Duty

Sheer Sense of Duty

Outwardly, you're a devout Christian. You pray daily, put others before yourself, and live an overall virtuous life. There's just one problem... You hate doing it all. Instead of doing these things with great love, as Jesus and all of his saints seemed to do so

In Due Season

One of my go-to psalms to pray with has always been the very first one. It's short, punchy, and gets to the heart of the Christian life, describing the ways of the wicked and the ways of the just. While praying with it today, Psalm 1:3 struck

The Problem of Evil

The Problem of Evil

How can we have an omnibenevolent (all-good), omniscient (all-knowing), and omnipotent (all-powerful) God and still have evil in the world? He is good, so he doesn't like evil, he knows that it is occurring, AND he has the power to stop it. What gives? Augustine wrote: "Since

Call Out to Him in Faith

Call Out to Him in Faith

Why did the disciples wait so long to ask for help? Should they not have called on the Lord Jesus just as the storm was starting to brew?

Matthew 10:39

Recently, I’ve been mulling over what Jesus says in Matthew 10:39: “Those who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.” There are so many areas of my life where I'm trying to make something happen