journeys
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Femininity and the Church
One of the first things I looked into when church-shopping was their stance on women. At my old church, I’d desperately tried to justify my identity based on a preconceived mold of womanhood. There were girls who went to college to meet a husband, and girls who skipped college all together to start a family;… Continue reading
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A Catholic and an Atheist Walk into a Church
In bygone years, I’d often get angry with people who admired things of the Church who had no apparent ties to it. Who do they think they are? How can an atheist admire the beauty of a cathedral, or wear a cross for mere decoration? They can’t possibly understand the true meaning of these things.… 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