Husband, Father, Writer, Beggar.
Husband, Father, Writer, Beggar.
By Nathan
Article reprinted with permission from CatholicStand.com. For the past year, I’ve been working one day a week for a monastery of Carmelite Nuns smack dab in the middle of the North American Continent: Alexandria, South Dakota. There’s an old movie…
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Article reprinted with permission from CatholicStand.com. While eating an after-mass donut, I chatted with a friend who is vastly smarter than I am. He has a doctorate in genetics and does research at the local medical university on hemophilia. He…
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Originally published in the Southern Cross Magazine. Republished with permission. I’ve been a homeowner for a few years now, and I’ve discovered something that I never really thought about when I was an apartment dweller. Stuff breaks. If I shared…
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Article reprinted with permission from CatholicStand.com. I live near an affluent Georgia County that prides itself on having no problem whatsoever with homelessness. I’d say this is quite an accomplishment, except that I work for the food bank talk to…
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Article reprinted with permission from CatholicStand.com. In a small town on the South Dakota prairie, a monastery of Carmelite Nuns spend their lives being “prayer in the heart of the Church.” The Discalced Carmelites of the Monastery of Our Mother…
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The other day, I chopped wood with my son, David Jude, in the side yard. I swung the maul and he took cartloads of wood and stacked it in the woodshed. Suddenly, I heard a scream. David ran past me…
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This short story was first published on June 19, 2023 on SciFiShorts.co. To read a great new story every day, subscribe at SciFiShorts. The knock on the door startled Erin. Who on earth could be knocking at this hour? She tapped on…
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This short story was first published on April 29, 2023 on SciFiShorts.co. To read a great new story every day, subscribe at SciFiShorts. The ancient queen stood before the mirror in her dressing gown. She looked with loathing at her…
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For at least the last generation, the public opinion about masturbation is that it is not just acceptable but excellent. I wholeheartedly disagree. But I’m not going to talk about how masturbation is a mortal sin. Our culture doesn’t care…
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Article originally published in The Southern Cross, official magazine of the Diocese of Savannah, GA, under the title “Sharpening Character”. Reprinted with permission. The normally quiet nighttime hours on September 27th weren’t particularly quiet. An unwelcome guest by the name…
By Nathan
I'm a charismatic Catholic who lives on the outskirts of nowhere. God has given me a wife, a family, and a mission to feed the hungry. These are my stories.
