Gratitude
Count it ALL Joy
Count it all joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. - James 1:2-4 There is a quiet kind of gratitude that only emerges in the midst of struggle, a gratitude that does no…
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Book Recommendations
Satan‘s Temptations
During this past weekend, I was on retreat. The main talking points were on the book. This, for me, really hit hard. Sharing in case it might for you too. “The devil’s primary weapon is temptation. And the oldest temptation in his playbook is our inherent desire to be like God, but without God’s help. You may not have realized this, but you constantly get yourself an…
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Prayer
Mostly Worldly Minds
"Some of you might remember Frank Sheed. He was a great twentieth-century Catholic apologist who once said that most of us have mostly worldly minds with a few Catholic patches. He said that in the 1960s! I confess that I have a mostly worldly mind. I know that. I pray an hour every morning in front of the Blessed Sacrament. I soak daily in Scripture. As a pries…
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Books Read: March 2026
Power of Praying Through Fear by Stormie Omartian Power of Prayer to Change Your Marriage by Stormie Omartian Choose Love by Stormie Omartian Brain Lock by Jeffrey M. Schwartz The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie Fluent Forever by Gabriel Wyner The New Codependency by Melody Beattie Beyond Codependency by Melody Beattie
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Books Read: February 2026
Unworried by Dr. Gregory Popcak Be Healed by Bob Schuchts Unbound: A Practical Guide to Deliverance from Evil Spirits by Neal Lozano Having Meaningful, Sometimes Difficult, Conversations with Our Adult Sons and Daughters by Gregory K Popcak Angels & Demons by Dan Brown The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (reread) Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson The Last…
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Books Read: January 2026
Stolen Focus by Johann Hari Superbloom by Nicholas Carr Emotionally Healthy Relationships Expanded by Peter & Geri Scazzero The Emotionally Healthy Woman by Peter & Geri Scazzero Willpower by Roy Baumeister The Inner Game of Tennis by W. Timothy Gallwey The Shallows by Nicholas Carr The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt Abandonment to God by Fr. Joel Gui…
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Books Read: December 2025
The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt The Courage to be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi Jesus and Divine Christology by Brandt Pitre The Way of Prayer by Father Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen, OCD Davinci Code by Dan Brown The Courage to be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott Exploring Ezekiel by Amir Tsarfati Splintered Kingdom by Gretchen Powell Fo…
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