Todd K Marsha - Living. Learning. Growing.

Brothers and Sisters, The truth will set us free. Admitting you have a problem is half the battle. Understanding why you behave a certain way is the key to changing your behavior. Sound familiar? Above are some of the pillars…

One of the things that has been paralyzing me during this journey to becoming a writer is the idea of earning great wealth from my work. If I should be blessed enough to write a bestseller, will the money I earn preclude me from living my…

For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate.  Romans 7:15 As I begin to write this post, I have just finished practicing what St. Paul refers to…

I recently discovered Ignitum Today, a social network of younger Catholic writers. Too bad I’m a little too old to share my writings with them (the age limit for contributors is 39) but I can enjoy what their fine authors have to offer…

Brothers and sisters, Here's Mac Powell at it again. This is an older song, originally released in 2000 as part of the City on a Hill compilation. I heard the praise band at Holy Trinity play this during LifeTeen Mass one Sunday,…

Brothers and Sisters, I like to kid with my wife about Josh Groban's voice. It's a marvelous singing voice but my personal opinion is he overdoes the vibrato (I haven't been a musician since 7th grade so my use of terminology may be…

I guess we were all overdue for a test – a big one. We'd planned everything out pretty darn well. #Jennifer knew when she was going to shop and which groceries she'd buy for the whole month. She wanted to go to a haunted house with her…

What an amazing 3 weeks it's been. Tonight I truly believed I could get some serious writing done but just a few minutes ago I was falling asleep sitting in front of this computer screen waiting for a document to print. I'll be turning in…

I recently read this article...Five Ways to Show Catholic Courage at Work...and it reminded me of a friend who embodied what Randy Hain so eloquently wrote about. I will not reveal his name or his employer’s but I will reveal two examples…

The King will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.’ - Matthew 25:40 I don't like working with "difficult customers" any…

On Being a Catholic Writer | Crisis Magazine9/3/12 Many Catholic writers have balked at being called that. They were Catholic and they wrote, all right, but they didn't want to be read as if the point of their fiction was a religious…

Part of my quest to live a healthier lifestyle has involved reducing the amount of chemical assistance I provide my body each day. A few months ago I was taking an anti-inflammatory drug for my bruised kneecap, ibuprofen when needed for…

I’ve never read Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus but I’ve heard enough about the book to know men and women come at things from different perspectives, have different needs, and feel things much differently than one another. Still,…

Matthew 10:34-36  “Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I came to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother…

I heard a great homily this past weekend at Mass. Unfortunately I was working as an usher so I missed little pieces here and there. Nonetheless, I was familiar with the theme since it rings so true in my own life. What we think we know is…

I can remember standing in front of mirror for twenty minutes back in grade school trying to get my hair just right. I often walked away frustrated due to a couple nasty cowlicks but looking back on it; I give myself an “A” for effort. As…

Almost two weeks have passed since I began an elimination diet. For nearly a fortnight I've eaten no grains, no diary and no sugar. Things have changed and mostly for better. The itching is gone. The bloating is gone. The gas is mostly…

I was actually “on schedule” leaving the house for the first time all week. Still I hurried to the gym so I wouldn’t lose any valuable time. The parking lot at Lifetime Fitness had been pretty empty this week, due to the first week of…

At the time of this writing, I’m a good four months away from my 42nd birthday. I’m told this is no longer old. I heard something about 40 being the new 30 (perhaps the new 20, even). That’s comforting but despite all this talk about age…

I was reading a post on Michael Hyatt’s site the other day and it really rang true for me. All my spiritual growth, along with growth in other areas of my life, has come from getting outside of my comfort zone. My decision to embrace…