Husband, Father, Writer, Beggar.
Husband, Father, Writer, Beggar.
By Nathan
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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?”…
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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…
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“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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
