In an election year where there has been so much division, I think we all recognize that there is a widespread experience of disillusionment and disappointment.
I am writing this on election night before the official call has come in. Last I heard the presidential race was too close to call.
This election cycle has been extremely rough. Having only lived through a handful of presidential elections, I cannot attest to those that occurred before my
An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered. —G. K. Chesterton When I was little, one of my
But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. —Matthew 12:36
One of the things I run into a lot in talking about faith with those who do not share the faith, is the question of
The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit. —Proverbs 18:21 And if any man think
John Paul II’s feast day is tomorrow. How are you going to celebrate it? For many of us here at Ignitum Today, he was the
“He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. He was despised and
It is a strange thing, but we as human beings are often eager critics. It is so easy to criticize, to catch the flaws and
But whereunto shall I esteem this generation to be like? It is like to children sitting in the market place. Who crying to their companions
I once read an article where the author questioned the social convention of introducing people by their name and occupation. She pointed out that it
The image of God that parents can portray is meant to make a mark in the hearts and memories of the children it serves. In
I am late writing this blog because I have been busy this week. I am almost always busy, but this week is busier than most
Yet another summer has slipped away, remaining only a memory. Just like nature, the seasons of our lives changing is inevitable; it doesn’t always happen
There are a great variety of vocations in life, but all require a deep, persistent love. Whether we look at our vocation in general terms
“We cannot make circumstances turn out in a specific, pre-determined resolution of our preference. We can, however, know that when these decisions greet us, we can cut every tie, every umbilical, every grasp, and offer ourselves to the equation, regardless of the pain.”
Often, when I have faced points of transition in my life, I have felt a sense of weariness, waiting for clarity as to where to
I first encountered Servant of God Elisabeth Leseur about five years ago when I was towards the beginning stages of my spiritual dry spell. The
How many times in the Bible does God or one of His messengers say, “Be Not Afraid!” Urban legend suggests that it is there 365
It’s interesting how one thing makes you think of another, and before you know it you have a fantastic and seemingly-non-connected chain of thoughts. A
