... and it made me think about the ways that we can come to know God. Let me explain. I was driving to an appointment the other day and the purple and yellow flowers on the side of the road caught my eye. I love getting flowers. So when I saw the hundreds and hundreds of gorgeous blooms in the afternoon sunshine, my immediate thought was, "Thank you Jesus! You are so generous to your little ones." The Catechism says that we come to know God and His existence in primarily tw

I've always been fascinated by the four temperaments. I remember being at a talk by Jackie Francois Angel at a Steubenville conference one year when she started talking about the temperaments. I was fascinated. The powerful choleric. The friendly sanguine. The thoughtful melancholic. The easygoing phlegmatic. Over the years I've read numerous books and articles and listened to podcasts about the temperaments. I'm primarily of the melancholic temperament, with choleric being

Last year I joined a book study led by a priest friend who has become a true spiritual father to me. The book was Abba’s Heart by Neil Lozano . Around that same time, I went on a FOCUS Father's House retreat. I’ve always felt closer to Jesus than to the Father. But something changed. These two experiences opened my heart in a way I didn’t know was possible. They began a journey that will never end. Here’s what I discovered: I have a Heavenly Father who loves me unconditionall