Off-Key Singing at Mass

Raise your hand if you get annoyed when the people sitting directly behind you are singing so loud at Mass they drown out....well, everything. Right there with ya. If they have good voices it's not so bad. Used to bother me

I Was Pro Life Before I Was Catholic

Long before I began learning God's plan for our sexuality, I confronted the issue of abortion. Wasn't because of a family crisis or a poor decision I made. I just felt I needed to have a viewpoint. I needed to take a side. I didn't do…

Becoming Who God is Calling Me to Be

I'm not the man God is calling me to be. A little more than 10 years ago, I didn't care who God was calling me to be. I wasn't listening to him. I believed he existed but I knew nothing about him, or His son, or the Holy Spirit. But in…

Internal Conflicts on Easter Sunday

Even though I'd sworn off working another Confirmation Mass, I'd still have to face large crowds at Mass and all the internal conflicts that come with them. The Easter following that fateful Confirmation Mass, our 11:30AM team was up.…