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# Nathan's Story

Husband, Father, Writer, Beggar.

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- [On Losing a Child](https://nathankrupa.com/on-losing-a-child/) - In January, I attended my final session of the Alleluia School of Spiritual Direction. The topic of the two-week session was spiritual healing, and after Mass the first day, I ran into a friend who had already graduated from the school. When he heard the subject matter, he said, "Oh man. Get ready to be
- [Carmelites: Trust like an Avocado Pit](https://nathankrupa.com/carmelites-trust-like-an-avocado-pit/) - 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 called "Lilies of the Field" starring Sidney Poitier as a drifter who gets roped by
- [The Kingdom of God is like a Henhouse](https://nathankrupa.com/the-kingdom-of-god-is-like-a-henhouse/) - Article reprinted with permission from CatholicStand.com. Rotten eggs explode. I learned the hard way. It all started when I moved our family out to the country. The house next to my in-laws came up for sale and we pounced. My wife grew up out in Dearing, GA, and my decade of living in Los Angeles
- [The Chaplet of the Holy Face: Battle Prayers](https://nathankrupa.com/the-chaplet-of-the-holy-face-battle-prayers/) - Article reprinted with permission from CatholicStand.com. A month or so ago, I started praying the Chaplet of the Holy Face of Jesus with my family. I’d never heard of this prayer before working for the Carmelites in Alexandria, SD, but they have a profound devotion to the Holy Face and are building a chapel to promote this devotion.
- [Sin is a Cancer](https://nathankrupa.com/sin-is-a-cancer/) - 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 told me about cancer. He shocked me with the fact that everyone has cancer. Cancer,
- [Dominion Means Work](https://nathankrupa.com/dominion-means-work/) - 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 the things that I've had to repair on this house (not to mention the three
- [I Was Homeless and You...](https://nathankrupa.com/i-was-homeless-and-you/) - 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 local law enforcement. From what I've heard, when a sheriff's deputy encounters someone who might
- [Carmelite Prayers on the Prairie](https://nathankrupa.com/prayers-on-the-prairie/) - 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 of Mercy and St. Joseph have blessed the Diocese of Sioux Falls for nearly 30
- [The Widow's Bite](https://nathankrupa.com/the-widows-bite/) - 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 shouting about a black widow. He isn't fond of spiders, but black widows really scare
- [Sky Tyrants, Part 2](https://nathankrupa.com/sky-tyrants-part-2/) - 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 the laptop screen, opening the app for her door camera. Two stern-looking men in dark
- [The Price of Eternity](https://nathankrupa.com/the-price-of-eternity/) - 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 pearl-white hair, bent shoulders, and deeply lined skin. A motion with her finger towards a
- [Why Masturbation is Ruining Your Sex Life (and What To Do About It)](https://nathankrupa.com/masturbation-ruins-sex-life/) - 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 much about sin these days, so that isn't the best place to start. Instead, I'm
- [Redneck Chainsaw Strikeforce](https://nathankrupa.com/redneck-chainsaw-strikeforce/) - 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 of Hurricane Helene came knocking on the door. I woke up at 3:33 AM to
- [The Terrain of My Soul](https://nathankrupa.com/the-terrain-of-my-soul/) - A few weeks ago, my community held a great men's retreat. During one of the times of prayer, our retreat master read us the parable of the sower and the seed. For those who haven't read it recently, it goes like this: A sower went out to sow. As he scattered his seed, some of
- [The Story of My Resurrection](https://nathankrupa.com/the-story-of-my-resurrection/) - A while back, my sister-in-law asked me to write a shortened version of my testimony. Praised be Jesus Christ, I have a story to tell. I often thought of myself as a prodigal son who has returned, but after thinking about it, the better comparison is with Lazarus coming out of the tomb. I died
- [Satan Hates the Word](https://nathankrupa.com/satan-hates-the-word/) - Article originally published in The Southern Cross, official magazine of the Diocese of Savannah, GA. Reprinted with permission. "The truth hurts," the saying goes. Apparently, if you're a demon, that's literally true. When I assisted in an exorcism, God revealed the power of the Holy Scriptures in a rather dramatic way. As part of the
- [Too Much Salt](https://nathankrupa.com/too-much-salt/) - It was my fault. I decided to try making pancakes and misread the recipe. The difference between a teaspoon of salt and a tablespoon of salt is… profound. More than significant. My kids were hungry and enough syrup concealed the taste. Mostly. But we went through more syrup that morning than normal. A LOT more
- [Willy Wonka and the Problem of Evil.](https://nathankrupa.com/willy-wonka-and-the-problem-of-evil/) - Why does evil exist? This is a big question, especially if I believe God is all-good and all-powerful. If that's true, then why does He allow evil to exist? If evil exists, isn't God to blame? Didn't He create it alongside good? Quick left turn. Let's talk about Willie Wonka of Chocolate Factory fame. Willie
- [My First Exorcism](https://nathankrupa.com/my-first-exorcism/) - I recently participated in the formal rite of exorcism with the local diocesan exorcist. While this was not my first encounter with demons, it was my first time participating in the Church's official response to the demonic. My job was to hold the legs of the person undergoing the exorcism if the demons got riled
- [1-800-ASK-JESUS](https://nathankrupa.com/1-800-ask-jesus/) - (I wrote this skit for a community event 10 years ago. I still think it's really funny.) (Nathan stands on stage left in a pool of light, pacing) NATHAN: I have got to get a new job. What am I going to do? Wait a minute, I saw that infomercial, oh, what was it? (sings)
- [The Escape Room of Christian Life](https://nathankrupa.com/the-escape-room-of-christian-life/) - The Food Bank recently held 'Go Day,' which is our annual fiscal year kickoff/team building day. A group of us took the opportunity to try an escape room. I'd never done one before. Ten of us chose to do the room called "Cabin in the Woods." The room itself told the story of a serial
- [Walking Back the Mountain](https://nathankrupa.com/walking-back-the-mountain/) - I have dear friends with a medically fragile child, Jimmy. He is full of light and joy, and 100% boy, but every day is a gift to him in a way that most people will never understand. His digestive system does not work and he is fed by a line that goes directly to his
- [Pieces of Nathan](https://nathankrupa.com/pieces-of-nathan/) - This spring, I encountered a new paradigm for inner healing called Internal Family Systems (IFS). The basic concept behind IFS is that, like our physical bodies, our personalities have parts. It points to a reality that I might refer to almost without thinking. Part of me wants to go out for a beer with friends,
- [The Problem of a Bigger Cup](https://nathankrupa.com/the-problem-of-a-bigger-cup/) - At dinnertime, my 3-year-old son came to me with a complaint. His cup was dirty and he wanted a new one. Our dishwashing machine seems to leave a little more grime than it should of late. I wandered to the cabinet, grabbed another cup, and dumped the contents of the glass from one to the
- [Hope like a Butternut Squash](https://nathankrupa.com/hope-like-a-butternut-squash/) - This summer, Mary spent a good bit of time gardening. I had to move a lot of dirt when I built the addition, s0 I created three new raised bed gardens marked out by concrete blocks behind the house. They get a lot more sunshine than our old garden, so they just exploded in green.
- [It is Finished.](https://nathankrupa.com/it-is-finished/) - I'm done. I have finished my addition. On May 15, almost 14 months after breaking ground, I finished hanging the aluminum sheathing for the soffit and fascia and officially called it. The job is done. And it's not done. I'm a homeowner, so the job is never totally done. I still have to install closet
- [Dios Es Bueno!](https://nathankrupa.com/dios-es-bueno/) - “Dios No Existe!” the graffiti on the church screamed as our tour bus rolled to a stop in Madrid. It was not the sentiment that I expected to encounter as we started our World Youth Day pilgrimage back in September of 2011, but in retrospect, it points to the core of the Holy Father’s theme for the
- [Marshmallow from the Rock.](https://nathankrupa.com/marshmallow-from-the-rock/) - A psychologist puts a marshmallow in front of a four-year-old and tells them they can eat the marshmallow. BUT! If they wait to eat the marshmallow until after the psychologist leaves and returns, they will get a second marshmallow. The psychologist then leaves the room for 15 minutes. Hilarity ensues. This is the "Marshmallow Test".
- [Crossing the Jordan.](https://nathankrupa.com/crossing-the-jordan/) - January 14th wasn't just another Saturday. It was our 11th wedding anniversary! This project has consumed so much of my attention that I haven't had much time to be particularly romantic. Well, maybe it's kind of caveman-style romantic. "I build shelter!" Chest thump. It's right up there with making fire for your beloved. But on
- [Dunking on the Devil.](https://nathankrupa.com/dunking-on-the-devil/) - During one of my prayer times at the Alleluia School of Spiritual Direction, I asked the Lord for a stronger 'yes' to my own existence. I prayed and read some assigned scriptures to put myself in the right frame of mind. The scriptures made me chuckle a little bit. The first scripture was the prayer
- [At the corner of Meribah and Massah.](https://nathankrupa.com/at-the-corner-of-meribah-and-massah/) - While I was at Thursday night's Chamber of Commerce dinner, I got a call from my wife. I didn't answer immediately because I was talking to someone else, and I consider taking phone calls in the middle of a conversation rude. When the opportunity presented itself, I stepped out of the crowd to check my
- [Let There Be Light!](https://nathankrupa.com/let-there-be-light/) - I love Christmas! What's not to love? The lights, the music, the decorations, the liturgy, the mass readings, and especially the reason for the season. The God of all creation entered into the human condition by becoming a little baby born in the most humble of circumstances. It's all so amazing. Another part of Christmas
- [Lift Up Your Heads, You Gates.](https://nathankrupa.com/lift-up-your-heads-you-gates/) - Coming back from the hospital with a new baby pointed out an important fact. We're out of space. I know it's a total first-world problem, but having five children in a two-bedroom house is, shall we say, snug. We're falling all over each other. I'm grateful that the kids get along so well (most of
- [The Darkness Shall Become Like the Noonday.](https://nathankrupa.com/the-darkness-shall-become-like-the-noonday/) - Holding my newborn baby girl puts things in perspective. Her name is Veronica Rose. The name Veronica means "image of truth". Why am I building this addition? So this little girl will have a place to live and grow and learn to love God and neighbor. So she can flourish and discover who God created
- [Like Gold Tested in Fire](https://nathankrupa.com/like-gold-tested-in-fire/) - When God tests me, it's not like the tests I took in school. A school test checks to see if I learned the lessons the teacher presented. God's tests ARE the lessons. To test gold in fire, it's placed in a crucible and heated until it melts. Then flux pulls all the impurities to the
- [Living Water Retreat 2022](https://nathankrupa.com/living-water-retreat-2022/) - The weekend of April 1st, 2022, the ladies of Dearing, GA hosted a women's retreat. Most of the retreat passed in silence, giving a group of hard-working women some much-needed peace. Several talks gave them food for thought and prayer. Most of the talks were recorded, though unfortunately, the first one was not due to
- [Counting the Cost](https://nathankrupa.com/counting-the-cost/) - Something happened after I got back from the beach... The money ran out. Let me back up a bit. Before starting this project, a particular saying of Jesus jumped to mind. "Which of you wishing to construct a tower does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if there is enough for
- [A day (or week) of rest.](https://nathankrupa.com/a-day-or-week-of-rest/) - The new addition is dried in. The roof is on, the house is wrapped, and the windows are installed. It's a huge milestone. Larry told me, "Congratulations. You're halfway done." Most of the really big things are done. Foundation, walls, roof. Now I have lots of medium and small projects left. Electrical, plumbing, HVAC, insulation,
- [An Experiment with Short Fiction](https://nathankrupa.com/an-experiment-with-short-fiction/) - I've just published my first work of short fiction on Kindle Vella. It's called "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not." It's a little different from what you might expect from my writing. Maybe a little darker, edgier. I hope you enjoy it. Here's the description on Amazon: "Sara dreams of dating one of the
- [This Momentary, Light Affliction.](https://nathankrupa.com/this-momentary-light-affliction/) - My 2nd daughter will be born in approximately 17 weeks. Nothing like a deadline to put a little fire in my belly. When I say "Mary is due at the end of November," it feels like a really long time. But when I say 17 weeks, what that really means is 17 Saturdays and whatever
- [If I Climb to the Heavens You are There.](https://nathankrupa.com/if-i-climb-to-the-heavens-you-are-there/) - It's not that I'm afraid of heights. Not exactly. I like rollercoasters and the occasional high dive. But I'm not the kind of person who walks as close to the edge of a cliff to prove to everyone that I am not afraid. I have a healthy respect for the fact that the distance between
- [Administration - the Gift of Paperwork.](https://nathankrupa.com/administration-the-gift-of-paperwork/) - Some spiritual gifts are less obvious than others. The gift of administration supernaturally empowers individuals to organize people and activities. A great example of this gift in the Old Testament was Joseph. Famed for his coat of many colors, Joseph was truly gifted by God to organize Egypt's response to Pharaoh's prophetic dream. Saint Peter
- [I Looked for a Man to Build a Wall...](https://nathankrupa.com/i-looked-for-a-man-to-build-a-wall/) - You can't build a wall by yourself. At least, I can't. Building walls requires many hands. Helping hands speed up putting them together, but strong backs are absolutely essential when you try to stand them up. With the foundation done and the slab poured, the next job was framing the house. Larry came over with
- [Helpers - Blessed with a Servant's Heart.](https://nathankrupa.com/helpers-blessed-with-a-servants-heart/) - Have you noticed that some people seem to have a special instinct for helping people? People with the gift of helps have received a spiritual gift for performing works of mercy. Saints like St. Teresa of Kolkatta and St. Vincent de Paul lived this gift out with saintly perfection. Not only do they serve the
- [A Good Foundation for the Future.](https://nathankrupa.com/a-good-foundation-for-the-future/) - Growing up, company coming over always caused a flurry of activity. The house had to be made ready for the visitors. Rooms had to be vacuumed and swept, toys put away, and clutter carefully hidden in rooms and out of sight. Not that the guests particularly cared about the cleanliness of our house, but we
- [Encounter Transformation Night - Demoniac: Delivered and Transformed](https://nathankrupa.com/demoniac-delivered-and-transformed/) - On Saturday, April 23, I shared my testimony and talked about overcoming the temptations of the devil. Many thanks to Gerry Martins of Encounter School Augusta for giving me the opportunity to share my story. He recorded the talk with his phone and Facebook Live and allowed me access to the video so I can
- [Healers - Manifesting God's Power to Save.](https://nathankrupa.com/healers-manifesting-gods-power-to-save/) - Throughout Jesus's ministry, healing miracles demonstrated the presence of the kingdom of God. When John the Baptist's followers asked Jesus if He was the Messiah, Jesus replied, "…the blind regain their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the good news proclaimed to them."
- [Plumb the Depths...](https://nathankrupa.com/plumb-the-depths/) - One of the most important features of a new bathroom is something that is mostly invisible. And if it's working correctly, you hardly notice it at all. It's the drainage system. A homeowner only really pays attention to bathroom drains when they aren't working the way they should. This reality becomes especially important when preparing
- [Miracle Workers - Manifesting God's Power](https://nathankrupa.com/miracle-workers-manifesting-gods-power/) - The gift of miracle-working is a purely charismatic gift, though numerous bishops, priests, and deacons throughout the ages have exercised it. We can distinguish between a hierarchical gift and a charismatic one by who possesses it. If every Bishop had the gift of miracle-working, that would mean that the gift was a part of the
- [Every Valley Shall Be Exalted.](https://nathankrupa.com/every-valley-shall-be-exalted/) - There's nothing quite like a looming deadline to add excitement to a big project. A ticking clock can be a potent antidote to procrastination. Especially for someone like me, who is terribly lazy. My wife Mary is pregnant. She's due at the end of November. We found out in April after this whole home expansion
- [My Marriage Testimony.](https://nathankrupa.com/my-marriage-testimony/) - In this short video, I share a little bit of my testimony about the beautiful way that the Lord brought my wife and me together. I recorded it for my friend Jan, who is teaching a confirmation class and wanted a story of why it's good to do marriage God's way. I'm so grateful for
- [The Stone the Builder Rejected has Become the Cornerstone.](https://nathankrupa.com/the-stone-the-builder-rejected-has-become-the-cornerstone/) - One of the things that I'm learning about construction is that plans change. The original idea for the foundation was to pour a monolithic slab. The word "monolithic" means "single stone", and the idea is exactly that. We would fill the giant hole in the ground with a mixture of clay and sand, put up
- [The Wise Man Built His Home Upon the Rock.](https://nathankrupa.com/the-wise-man-built-his-home-upon-the-rock/) - Or clay. It depends on where you live. Definitely not sand. Building on sand is a disaster waiting to happen. Floods and all that. Months ago, I started to write about building an addition to my house. Then? Crickets. I haven't written anything because I haven't been able to do anything. There's this thing called
- [Unless the Lord Builds a House...](https://nathankrupa.com/unless-the-lord-builds-a-house/) - For years now, I've been praying to be more like Jesus. Little did I know that God wants to start with carpentry. Back to basics, right? I moved my family out to the country a few years back because the house next to my wife's parents came up for sale. Both of us wanted to
- [Prophets - Proclaiming the Word of the Lord.](https://nathankrupa.com/prophets-proclaiming-the-word-of-the-lord/) - Most Catholics are unaccustomed to thinking of prophecy as something that happens today. The word "Prophet" sends their minds to John the Baptist in his camel-hair shirt or Jeremiah tossed into the well. In fact, the prophetic gift has never left the Church. It is exercised by the Pope and Bishops by virtue of their
- [Teaching - Instructing the Flock.](https://nathankrupa.com/teaching-instructing-the-flock/) - The Holy Spirit's gift of teaching can be either a hierarchical or charismatic gift and is found among both ordained and lay Catholics. Some people are teachers by virtue of their office in the Church - bishops, priests, deacons, catechists. Churches do a special blessing for their catechists each year, acknowledging the need for God's
- [Child of the Father.](https://nathankrupa.com/child-of-the-father/) - When I went to the Encounter Conference over Christmas break, I heard a talk by Dr. Mary Healy about the Parable of the Prodigal Son. She covered some familiar territory about the wayward son but pointed out something about the older brother that really struck me. Even though the older son stayed at home and
- [A pew full of squirrels. Do your children misbehave in church?](https://nathankrupa.com/a-pew-full-of-squirrels-do-your-children-misbehave-in-church/) - Sometimes in church, I feel like I'm calling a square dance. "Sit down. Stand up. Turn around. Don't touch your sister. Put that down. Pick it up. Kneel down. Get off the floor. Pay attention. Grab your partner, do-si-do." ARGGG. Other people have told me that they think it's cute, but it drives me crazy!
- [Deacons - Called to Serve.](https://nathankrupa.com/deacons-called-to-serve/) - Deacons were first ordained by the Apostles to help by feeding the poor widows in the Church. They were chosen because they had good reputations and were filled with the Holy Spirit and wisdom. In the Church today, Deacons continue their ancient ministry, assisting with the liturgy, preaching the Gospel, and through works of Charity.
- [My story from the edge.](https://nathankrupa.com/story-from-the-edge/) - 15 years ago, I came to the brink of suicide. Thankfully, I stepped back from the edge. If you or anyone you know is on the edge, this is my story. You can make it just one more day.
- [Spiritual Gifts - God Empowers His People](https://nathankrupa.com/spiritual-gifts/) - God has given us a mission, to make disciples of the nations. He gives us grace, especially through the sacraments administered to the faithful by the Church. But wait, there's more! He also gives us spiritual gifts. The Church distinguishes between hierarchical gifts and charismatic gifts. God bestows the hierarchical gifts on the Church to
- [The Priesthood - Pastors for the Flock](https://nathankrupa.com/the-priesthood-pastors-for-the-flock/) - The hierarchical gift of the priesthood comes to the Church through the sacrament of Orders. The priest is anointed and empowered by the Holy Spirit to pastor his flock and offer sacrifice on their behalf in the Holy Mass. The priest makes Christ visible as the head of the Church. Our priest possesses real spiritual
- [Bishops - Continuing the Legacy of the Apostles](https://nathankrupa.com/bishops-continuing-the-legacy-of-the-apostles/) - The most visible of the hierarchical gifts is the office of Bishop. Our Bishop is a successor of the Apostles. In the book of Acts, the eleven Apostles worked with the Holy Spirit in choosing someone to take the place of the traitor Judas. Since that time, the Holy Spirit has worked through the Church
- [A Reflection on My 44th Birthday.](https://nathankrupa.com/a-reflection-on-my-44th-birthday/) - I turn 44 today. Birthdays provide an opportunity for self-reflection. Sometimes looking backward provides the way forward. Looking through some old writing, I found a ponder that I pondered years before I met Mary. At the time, I was searching for my new identity. My whole life up to that point exploded in a ball
- [Just Add Jesus](https://nathankrupa.com/just-add-jesus/) - Some years ago, I worked at a call center for AT&T, one of the world’s largest companies. AT&T has millions upon millions of happy customers. I never got to talk to them, because they have no reason to call. I talked to the angry ones, and you know who they are because you’ve been that person. You’re
- [The Anointing of the Sick - God's Power for Healing.](https://nathankrupa.com/the-anointing-of-the-sick/) - When Jesus walked among us, His preaching ministry came accompanied by tremendous miraculous healings. The blind saw, the lame leapt to their feet, lepers were cleansed. Jesus pointed to these miracles as evidence that the Kingdom of God was at hand. The Church continues this healing ministry into our own day through the sacrament of
- [When it ain't no accident...](https://nathankrupa.com/when-it-aint-no-accident/) - Last Saturday night, as I was preparing to take my wife on an all too infrequent date, I went out to check on the school van. Three friends and I pooled resources to buy a 15 passenger van to take our kids back and forth to school. We sometimes call it "the tug" because of
- [Ordination - Configured to Christ.](https://nathankrupa.com/ordination-configured-to-christ/) - Through the Sacrament of Ordination, God gives the Church Bishops, Priests, and Deacons to lead and serve us in our walk of faith. Ordination configures men to Jesus Christ in a special way to empower them to act on His behalf in ministering to the people of God. Indeed, Christ Himself works through our Bishops
- [Living the Benedict Option #4: the guidance of the Elders.](https://nathankrupa.com/living-the-benedict-option-the-guidance-of-the-elders/) - Alleluia is led by a group of men we call the Elders. They are members of the community who have demonstrated a commitment to living community life with enthusiasm and good fruit. They are prudent and holy men with a diverse array of gifts. Only a good double handful of elders have served the community
- [Marriage - An Icon of the Trinity](https://nathankrupa.com/marriage-an-icon-of-the-trinity/) - At the wedding feast of Cana, Jesus took water and turned it into wine. He wanted to rejoice with the married couple and their guests. In a similar way, Jesus took the institution of marriage, broken as it was by sin through the Fall, and elevated it to a Sacrament. In the Sacrament of Marriage,
- [Like a Bird Freed from the Fowler's Snare](https://nathankrupa.com/fowlers-snare/) - "THERE'S A BIRD IN MY HOUSE!" "What!?!" "THERE'S A BIRD IN MY HOUSE!" "Is that an observation, or a request for help?" My friend Andy and I got up from our seats around the first bonfire of the year and started walking across the street to his neighbor's house. Andy commented as we walked about
- [Judge not, but sound the alarm.](https://nathankrupa.com/judge-not-but-sound-the-alarm/) - Driving into town Saturday, I saw a woman take a wrong turn and drive onto the opposite side of a divided highway.... into oncoming traffic!! Thank the Lord, the road was mostly empty. But I was so alarmed for her safety that I started honking. "Look out! You're going the wrong way," I tried to
- [Confirmation - Our own, personal Pentecost.](https://nathankrupa.com/confirmation/) - At the first Pentecost, the Holy Spirit rushed on Jesus's disciples and became visible as tongues of flame. The Holy Spirit filled each one with a zeal to spread the Gospel and the fortitude to endure any hardship. Rather than hiding behind locked doors, the Apostles boldly went forth to proclaim the Crucifixion and Resurrection
- [Be the Bible](https://nathankrupa.com/be-the-bible/) - Over the weekend, I joined Mike Firmin and 16 stalwart Christian men for a retreat in Allendale, SC. Thanks to a generous friend of Mike's, we get the run of the hunting lodge at a place called Milbury Plantation. Mike does this once a year for the men that he provides with spiritual direction, and
- [The Eucharist - The Promise of Emmanuel Fulfilled](https://nathankrupa.com/the-eucharist-the-promise-of-emmanuel-fulfilled/) - The Eucharist is Emmanuel, God with us. The Most Blessed Sacrament. The bread of life. The mystery of faith. The source and summit of our faith. Jesus's own Body and Blood that was given up for us on the Cross. The Second Person of the Most Holy Trinity is physically present to us. Polls say
- [A Snowy Georgia Day](https://nathankrupa.com/a-snowy-georgia-day/) - It was a pretty unusual day for Georgia. The snow that had fallen the previous day had refused to melt, paralyzing the city of Augusta and most of the South East. Tuesday, 1/11/11 would be a second gratuitous snow day off from work that winter. During my prayer time, I debated whether I should try to
- [Reconciliation -  Forgiveness, healing, and resurrection](https://nathankrupa.com/sacrament-of-reconciliation/) - The Sacrament of Reconciliation, or Confession, enables us to encounter God's mercy. It is a Sacrament of healing and sometimes a Sacrament of resurrection. The sins that we commit wound us, and if they are serious enough, completely snuff out the light of Christ within us. God's power comes to us through the Sacrament of
- [Become a spiritual bug zapper](https://nathankrupa.com/become-a-spiritual-bug-zapper/) - If you've lived any time in the South, you've probably seen a bug zapper. Miraculous inventions. They emit a calm blue light that is irresistible to bugs. Mosquitos, flies, all kinds of creeping, biting things fly entranced towards its siren glare. Then... ZZZZAP!! Dead bugs. In mosquito season, the sound fills the listener with an
- [Living the Benedict Option #3 - The Call to Covenant Life](https://nathankrupa.com/the-call-to-covenant-life/) - Almost 50 years ago, a snowstorm swept through Augusta, GA. It dropped enough snow to completely shut the city down. Not that shutting Augusta down requires a lot of snow. But 14 inches of snow in the Deep South is rather apocalyptic. That long-ago heavy snow provided the opportunity for a small group of Christians
- [Living the Benedict Option #2 - Life in the Graveyard](https://nathankrupa.com/life-in-the-graveyard/) - We have a saying in Alleluia… one way or another, we're gonna end up in Dearing. Many years ago, that's where the community put our graveyard. On MLK day, one of the community's elders took his last trip to Dearing. He was an awesome brother, full of joy and zeal for the Gospel. He'd been
- [Living the Benedict Option. Christian Community and Me.](https://nathankrupa.com/living-the-benedict-option/) - A few years ago, I read The Benedict Option, by Rod Dreher. Imagine my surprise when I got to the part where Dreher interviewed a friend of mine about the Alleluia Community, where I've lived for more than a decade. I not going to discuss the book much, because I remember it only vaguely. One
- [Baptism - Born from Above](https://nathankrupa.com/baptism-in-the-beginning/) - The Sacrament of Baptism begins our journey of discipleship. Through water and the Holy Spirit, we are buried with Christ in His Crucifixion and reborn as God's own children. The Sacrament of Baptism is so powerful that it can never be repeated and leaves us forever changed. Made new. Most of us Catholics were baptized
- [Antisocial Media and the Sin of Gossip](https://nathankrupa.com/anti-social-media-is-gossip/) - Hi, I'm Nathan. I'm a news junkie. Social media, too. A total addict. But I'm in recovery. I started to notice something a couple of months ago. Most of the time I spent reading news sites and social media ended up with me being steaming mad at something or someone. It might be someone close to
- [The Rise and Fall of a High School Cryptocurrency](https://nathankrupa.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-a-high-school-cryptocurrency/) - I had no plans at the beginning to become a cryptocurrency mogul. Nor did I aspire to be a failed crypto titan. It all started innocent enough. During the lockdown of 2020, I was working from home in my two-bedroom country cottage with my four children and wife. I did say two bedrooms and four
- [The Seven Sacraments of the New Covenant](https://nathankrupa.com/the-seven-sacraments/) - The Seven Sacraments are at the heart of God's activity in the Church. Jesus established each sacrament as a special way to give us His grace. Being able to participate in the sacramental life of the Church is one of the primary benefits of a life of discipleship. It's easy to think of the sacraments
- [Demon ID #1 - The Accuser of the Brethren](https://nathankrupa.com/the-accuser-of-the-brethren/) - What does it mean that the devil is called, "the accuser of the brethren?" (Rev. 12:10) Why does that matter to Christians living today? How does that affect us in our daily lives? In past blog posts, I have talked about what the devil is and why he is such a jerk. I've also talked
- [Worship the Lord!](https://nathankrupa.com/worship-the-lord/) - The best thing any human being can do is worship God. It fulfills our highest purpose, our destiny… to know, love, and serve God during this life, and spend eternity rejoicing in His presence. Worship is the first and best way to fulfill the greatest commandment: to love the Lord our God with our whole
- [Do God's Will by Following the Moral Law](https://nathankrupa.com/the-moral-law/) - One way to do God's will is by doing battle with the opposite of God's will: temptation. God never wants us to sin or do evil. Understanding and living according to the moral law in the teachings of the Church, the "Thou Shalt Not's", gives us guard rails that prevent us from running off the
- [Late Night, Country Dentistry](https://nathankrupa.com/late-night-country-dentistry/) - At around midnight, Mary gently woke me out of a sound sleep. "David Jude is still awake. His tooth is bothering him. He might come in." David Jude's adult teeth started replacing his baby teeth a number of years ago, just as they should. His most recent casualty hung on by a thread. Before he
- [8 Tips When Seeking Spiritual Direction](https://nathankrupa.com/8-tips-when-seeking-spiritual-direction/) - A good friend shared some thoughts on spiritual direction and I thought they were so good that I got his permission to republish them here. The author Steve Camilli and I share the same spiritual director and a history in food banking. More than that, we share a deep hunger to see God's will done
- [Don't just know God's will, do it!](https://nathankrupa.com/know-it-do-it/) - It's not enough that we know God's will… we must put it into practice. We might KNOW that we need to hit the brakes to avoid a head-on collision, but unless we DO hit the brakes - CRASH, BANG, KABLOOM. As St. James reminds us in the Bible, "Faith without works is dead." Doing God's
- [The Unity of Truth](https://nathankrupa.com/unity-of-truth/) - If you're seeking to know God's will, which of the five sources should you trust: direct revelation, Scripture, Tradition, the lives and writings of the saints, or your spiritual counselor? The correct answer is all five of them. God will never contradict Himself, so there is and always will be a perfect harmony between these five
- [Ho, ho, HURL. The Grinch and the Christmas Vomit.](https://nathankrupa.com/christmas-vomit/) - Late Friday night, I heard some footsteps next to the bathroom, followed by a plaintive, "Dad?" The sound of vomiting launched me out of bed faster than any clatter upon any lawn at any time in history. Flipping on the bathroom light revealed my Joseph, embracing a large silver bowl. "Now I have the stomach
- [An Encounter with the Holy Spirit](https://nathankrupa.com/an-encounter-with-the-holy-spirit/) - Right now, I'm driving back from Grand Rapids, MI, where I attended the 2021 Encounter Conference. Encounter is a ministry founded by Fr. Mathias Thelen and Patrick Reis that equips Christians to minister in the power of the Holy Spirit. My community, Alleluia, hosts a satellite campus that provides the training in Augusta. So what
- [Taming thieving fingers](https://nathankrupa.com/taming-thieving-fingers/) - Fingers can do many things. Industrious fingers make all kinds of things. Gentle fingers sooth and heal with a caress. Thieving fingers fill my van with all kinds of things that don't belong to me. "What's this?" I asked as I held up the little hooked piece of metal. My mind dug around in my
- [Restless Children - Temptations against the Sabbath](https://nathankrupa.com/restless-children-temptations-against-the-sabbath/) - I have a running joke with my boss about my work ethic. Before she got promoted to Executive Director, I confessed to her that I really hate working than absolutely necessary because I'm terribly lazy. Unfortunately, I'm way too busy to set aside time for doing nothing. I do leatherwork as a hobby. And blacksmithing.
- [No more empty prayers. Teaching children to pray.](https://nathankrupa.com/no-more-empty-prayers-teaching-children-to-pray/) - If you've ever tried to get a 7-year-old to say a rosary, perhaps you've heard, "HailMaryfullofgracetheLordiswithyou…". All in one breath, seemingly in one syllable, like the words were a trench full of hot coals that the child could cross if he just runs fast enough. And if it's not too fast, it's too slow, or it's
- [Building Bethlehem - Reflections from a Microchurch](https://nathankrupa.com/microchurch/) - As I sipped my coffee in the parish hall after mass yesterday, the leader of the Knights of Columbus came over and asked, "Can I grab you for a few minutes?" He needed a little help setting up the nativity scene out in front of the church. A few other men joined us as we
- [Unnatural rebellion - the battle to civilize our children.](https://nathankrupa.com/unnatural-rebellion-the-battle-to-civilize-our-children/) - Growing up in America during the 80's and 90's, the concept of "teenage rebellion" filled my thoughts. In movies and television shows, leading lords and ladies struggled to make their own way and find themselves. I think people of my generation learned to think of teenage rebellion as something natural, normal, and to be expected.
- [The Pink Panther Can Teach Your Kids to Hate Adultery](https://nathankrupa.com/the-pink-panther-can-teach-your-kids-to-hate-adultery/) - My son turned 8 a few weeks ago, and I got him the old movie The Pink Panther. I watched it ages ago, and I remembered thinking that it was really funny. Imagine my horror as I watched this movie with my four small children and realized that one of the central comedic elements was
- [The Devil's Malice](https://nathankrupa.com/the-devils-malice/) - I had an epiphany the other day about the devil's malice. Seriously... why is he such a jerk? First, keep in mind one extremely important fact. Love is the best thing in the universe. It is the stuff of God Himself. It holds all things in being and is the source of all joy, beauty,
- [Get Spiritual Counsel](https://nathankrupa.com/get-spiritual-counsel/) - One powerful model that Jesus gave us for learning to do God's will is the Master/Disciple relationship. He himself chose individuals and walked with them for three years, teaching them how to know and do God's will. His teachings give us the model for what good spiritual counsel looks like. Following from His example in
- [Look at the Saints!](https://nathankrupa.com/look-at-the-saints/) - The saints help us know the will of God by showing us what it looks like when someone really lives out the Gospel. The Church holds them up as examples of discipleship lived to the fullest. Notice that God doesn't make cookie cutter saints. God doesn't will to make us all identical like robots that
- [Fishing with Dynamite (A paradigm for evangelism)](https://nathankrupa.com/fishing-with-dynamite/) - Every week, I attend a bible study with several men who live in my neck of the woods. A while ago, my father-in-law (who also happens to be my next-door neighbor) mentioned how much he enjoyed fishing with dynamite. Jerry worked for the Georgia Fisheries Department. They regularly collected, counted, and categorized the fish in
- [Ask the Magisterium](https://nathankrupa.com/ask-the-magisterium/) - Discover God's will by studying the official teachings of the Catholic Church. The term Magisterium means the teaching office of the Church. Jesus entrusted the mission of passing on the faith to the Church. He told His apostles to teach the nations to observe all of His commandments. The Church has been doing this since
- [Use Google Colab and Python to upload resized images to Wordpress](https://nathankrupa.com/colab-python-wordpress/) - I'm terribly lazy, and one of the things that I don't like doing is resizing and compressing images before uploading them to Wordpress. So I thought, "Why don't I create a python script that can do it for me automatically?" This calls for Google Colab! (If you just want to look at the full code,
- [Disciples and Stewards](https://nathankrupa.com/disciples-and-stewards/) - This week, I’m want to introduce something a little different that I call "Disciples and Stewards." A few years ago, I wrote a weekly meditation for the parish bulletin at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Augusta, GA. I try to keep them short and sweet while focusing on some aspect on what it means to
- [Ask God to teach you His will.](https://nathankrupa.com/ask-god-to-teach-you-his-will/) - Before we can "go therefore and make disciples," we must first BE disciples. We cannot give what we do not have or teach what we do not know. What does it mean to be a disciple? The Catechism sums it up neatly: “Becoming a disciple of Jesus means accepting the invitation to belong to God’s
- [Your mission, if you choose to accept it...](https://nathankrupa.com/your-mission/) - The mission of the Catholic Church comes right from our Lord Jesus. "Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you." This is the Great Commission, and it's amazing
- [Welcome to my blog!](https://nathankrupa.com/welcome-to-my-blog/) - Hey, ya'll. I want to introduce my new blog, nathankrupa.com. Over the past couple of years, I've developed a real love of publishing my writing online. I'm currently running three other websites: theAlmoner.com, which talks about fundraising: fundraiserwiki.com, which provides fundraising tips in a wiki format; and demoniac.net, which was personal blog and promotional site
- [Spiritual Director - a Sherpa for the Climb of Your Life.](https://nathankrupa.com/spiritual-sherpa/) - Imagine that you are preparing to climb Mount Everest. You gather maps, guide books, stories written by people who have been to the top. All of the research you think you might need. As you digest this information, you come to recognize that you still don't have what you need to arrive safely at the
- [Learn what God said already.](https://nathankrupa.com/what-god-said/) - If the first way to discover God's will is to ask Him directly in prayer, a second is to find out what God said already. How often do you open your Bible? How much of your bible have you actually read? Have you ever read the whole thing cover to cover? While it may look
- [A Soul Full of Trash, Part 2: the Scattering.](https://nathankrupa.com/soul-trash-2-the-scattering/) - Last night something got into my trash. Raccoon, possum. Some kind of critter decided to toss a bunch of my trash out on the ground. It immediately struck me... This is exactly what the devil does when I try to repent and turn from my sin. The devil doesn't like repentance because it breaks the
- [Love Like a Poopy Head!](https://nathankrupa.com/love-like-a-poopy-head/) - 1:00 AM. A quiet whimper from the vicinity of the bathroom catches my attention. I groggily get up and stumble through my pitch black bedroom. I get to the bathroom and turn on the light. My little girl looks up at me and bursts into tears. She had a poopy accident there in the dark,
- [Hacked! An allegory for the Fall.](https://nathankrupa.com/hacked-an-allegory-for-the-fall/) - "Web hosting account deactivated..." the email title shouted at me. I'd been hacked, and my webhost found malware on one of the four sites that I run. My heart sank. What a disaster! That email launched at least two months of hard labor, ending with changing to an entirely new webhost that wasn't going to
- [A Soul Full of Trash.](https://nathankrupa.com/a-soul-full-of-trash/) - A couple months ago, the garbage collectors forgot to pick up our trash. For three weeks. Waste Management bought out Advanced Disposal, and apparently they had some Covid related issues. I get it. But three week's worth of garbage is a lot of trash. I have one of those big rolling garbage cans that the truck's robotic
- [The Parable of the Mechanic's Dirty Hands](https://nathankrupa.com/dirty-hands/) - I've had to do a lot of repair work on my truck lately. The engine was leaking coolant, and I traced it to a seal that needed to be tightened from another big repair I had done. I could write another article about why it's important to take your time and get a torque wrench
- [How does the devil tempt us? Learn to recognize Satan's attacks.](https://nathankrupa.com/how-does-the-devil-tempt-us/) - The devil tempts each of us in order to lead us to destruction. Satan uses temptation more than any of his other attacks because it's just so effective. Two types of temptation - indirect and direct attacks. Satan's tools of temptation can be classed into two broad categories, indirect and direct. Indirect temptations come through
- [Demonic Possession](https://nathankrupa.com/demonic-possession/) - Demonic possession isn't a real thing, right? Isn't it just something that preachers made up to scare little children into going to church? I used to think that. In fact, I was an atheist once. A hard core secular humanist who only believed in things that my eyes could see and my hands could touch.
- [What are the devil's different attacks? Know your enemy!](https://nathankrupa.com/the-devils-attacks/) - Since the beginning, man has suffered the devil's attacks. Filled with envy at man's harmonious relationship with his Creator, the devil immediately tried to lead Adam and Eve into sin. The first temptation was only the beginning. Satan's hatred for mankind continues unchanged. The devil continues to attack human beings in order to lead us
- [Who is the Devil? What is he?](https://nathankrupa.com/what-is-devil/) - Who is the devil? What is he? Why does it even matter? For generations now, skeptical philosophers have pooh-poohed the existence of the devil. Many scientists say that he doesn't exist. But what they mean is they cannot find him. Before man invented the the microscope, scientists had no clue that bacteria caused disease. Did
- [A rightly formed conscience helps you resist the devil.](https://nathankrupa.com/formed-conscience/) - A rightly formed conscience is one of our best defenses against the devil. Temptation is his greatest weapon against us. Therefore, being able to choose correctly between good and evil protects us from his attacks. What is conscience? The word conscience gets thrown around a lot nowadays. It can cause confusion because people use the
- [Teach your children about the devil's snares.](https://nathankrupa.com/teach-your-children-about-the-devils-snares/) - The fly circles the flypaper, drawn to its slightly sweet smell. As soon as it touches down, the fly's feet stick fast. It begins to struggle, exerting more and more effort, but the fly paper is too sticky. The fly tries to fly away, but doing so causes a wing to touch the sticky paper.
- [The Chosen: exorcising a demoniac](https://nathankrupa.com/the-chosen-exorcising-a-demoniac/) - For Christmas, I bought my wife the first season of The Chosen. A close friend recommended it with highest praises, stirring up my curiosity. I've heard more and more good things about this production, and I love the fact that it's being crowdfunded (it hits me right in the professional fundraising heartstrings). Little did I
- [Raising Cain and Abel - Convincing My Sons Not to Murder Each Other](https://nathankrupa.com/raising-cain-and-abel-convincing-my-sons-not-to-murder-each-other/) - The story of Cain and Abel does not surprise me. As I sat down to write this post, I heard my 5-year-old son scream/crying in his bedroom. His 7-year-old big brother ran out into the living room with skip and a smile. Tearing around the corner behind him came his younger brother, face contorted in

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