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Living and Growing: Memento mori and the preparation of the soul
Memento mori is Latin for “remember that you will die.” This practice of contemplating our mortality was emphasized…
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Living and Growing: Hypernormalization
Let us practice true patience and love, trusting God is at work while we wait in the not…
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Living and Growing: Hope in times of crisis
I would like to take a moment to acknowledge that we are on the traditional territory of the…
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Living and Growing: The call to pray the rosary
In many of the Marian Apparitions all over the world, the Blessed Virgin Mary often emphasized the importance…
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Living and Growing: It wasn’t ropes or nails
Christianity Today published an online article during Holy Week titled, “Was Jesus Crucified with Nails?” The author of…
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Living and Growing: How we live our lives and pass on our values to our children
When my mother was dying of the breast cancer that had spread to her brain, she lost functionality…
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Living and Growing: It is all about the resurrection
This past weekend Christians celebrated the resurrection of Jesus. His resurrection from the dead is the hinge pin…
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Living and Growing: Holy Week
Filipinos are known all over the world for their strong faith in God and for their deep love…
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Living and Growing: Seeking joy during times of great uncertainty
“This is the greatest act of power I have come to know: To be an activist of joy;…
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Living and Growing: Choose empathy during these difficult times
“It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.” — Horace
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Living and Growing: The bear
The folks of Southeast Alaska are fortunate in that we sometimes experience glimpses of bears along the trails…
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Living and Growing: Practicing true patience
“Have patience, have patience, Don’t be in such a hurry, When you get impatient, you only start to…
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Living and Growing: The numbers tell the story
I love numbers and math. One of my first career aspirations was to be a high school math…
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Living and Growing: Spiritual self defense
True spiritual power is quiet, under the radar. One beautiful thing about it is that it can protect…
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Living and Growing: Let us journey together in hope
Friends, we are a little over a week away from the beginning of the season of Lent, the…
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Living and Growing: Seeing is believing
Christians are nearing the time of Lent, 40 days of repentance and fasting, before the celebration of Easter.…
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Living and Growing: Gathering to share ‘Faith in the Future’
First, I would like to take a moment to acknowledge that we are on the traditional territory of…
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Living and Growing: The light of the world
“Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has dawned upon you.”
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Living and Growing: Watching our words for other people
I could be wrong, but the only time Jesus directly talks about Hell is in Matthew 5:22, “But…
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Living and Growing: Imagine the comfort of Jesus’ promise of heaven
Earlier this month, former president Jimmy Carter died at the age of 100. While factors like double-digit inflation,…