What My Grandma’s Death Last Month Has to Do with Women Becoming PriestsToday is my Momo’s, my grandmother's birthday and so I remember her with great grief and fondness. I was with her and watched her as her ...
How to Have A Belief in God So Practical That It's Good Enough for an AtheistI was at a recovery meeting, and there was a gentleman, I’ll call him Ned, with 17 years of sobriety who talked about how he is an atheis...
Are Your Achievements Not Feeling Good Anymore? This Is Why.Can you relate to the feeling of just wanting to run away? The responsibilities feel too vast, the discomfort too great, and the anxiety to
Doubting Your Purpose in Life? The #1 Tool for Stability Amidst UncertaintyChange isn’t fun, because it plagues us with uncertainty. Humans like to know what is happening, because predictability equals safety. On...
How to Turn Your Weaknesses into StrengthsMy greatest experience of community has been hanging out with a group of drunks and telling them all my struggles. I showed up to my prog...
The Things I'm No Longer Going to Hell ForA bible study teacher in middle school told me God couldn’t hear my prayers if I sinned, my CCD teacher in ninth grade taught that having...
When My Sisters Win, I Win: What Choosing Happiness Looks Like When You’re JealousLately I’ve been noticing something about myself I don’t like. There’s this unfortunate jealousy that comes up when I see a woman have wh...
Why I Encourage Questioning ReligionI was raised to be religious and now I’m not. Well, I’m kind of not. I’m like, “Catholicish” now or maybe “Catholic-adjacent”? Every once...
Feel Free to be a Cafeteria Catholic: Take the Good and Leave the RestWhy would we ever hold on to principles that aren't working for us? God, Goddess, the Universe, Allah, Jesus, a Higher Power...whoever yo...