Catholicism
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My Confirmation Namesake
I’d been searching for a book on St. Edith Stein for some months. I’d claimed her name as my own in Confirmation, but knew merely the basics of her story—she was a feminist during WWII, a Jewish convert who perished in Auschwitz. With “basics” like that, I was eager to know more. On the first… Continue reading
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Bless me, Father
I’ve been told for a long time that I’m a sinner. It’s an essential part of the Evangelical message—recognize that you’re a sinner. Repent. Come to Jesus. I did all that, but… I’m still a sinner. What now? It was such a blanket statement. Yes, I know I’m imperfect. I know I’ve done things I… Continue reading
And they said to him, “Inquire of God, we pray thee, that we may know whether the journey on which we are setting out will succeed.”
And the priest said to them, “Go in peace. The journey on which you go is under the eye of the LORD.”
—Judges 18:5–6