Planting: a millennial’s guide to motherhood.
I’m a millennial to my core. I fall in the correct age range. I took a year off after college to accumulate “experiences.” I completed a degree in...
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The Body at Work
A pounding headache during the Easter Vigil, brought on by dehydration. Coming in late at night, cold and wet from a day out in rain and hail. A splatter of dog feces...
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Smartphones are turning us into animals (Or, why Gregory of Nyssa might say your iPhone is below your human dignity)
The other day as I attempted to make my way across campus as quickly as possible to avoid sweating out my entire body weight, I again and again found myself running...
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Facing Apathy: Spiritual Practices and Cultivating Desire for God
I am TA-ing for a course this fall on the Inklings with Dr. Ralph Wood. Earlier this week, while discussing G.K. Chesterton’s The Ball and the Cross, Wood said that the...
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Who am I? Henri Nouwen and Christian Identity
Some of the most powerful words I have ever heard come from the lips of Henri Nouwen, the Catholic spiritual writer of the 20th century, in a recording of his lecture...
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