by ParticularlyCALLED | Sep 20, 2024 | Grace and Strength, Role of Religion, Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Growth
Catholic Guilt is an unpleasant conversation topic. Most people refer to “Catholic guilt” as the unreasonable weight of conscience they experience for “sins” they personally deem to be harmless. Why should God care if I do this? I’m not...
by ParticularlyCALLED | May 21, 2024 | Role of Religion
Religion taught you you should want to be good. Religion taught you you should naturally love God. Religion taught you to feel like everybody else finds this easy and made you feel that if you don’t there is something wrong with you. Religion threatened you with...
by ParticularlyCALLED | Dec 31, 2022 | Seasonal Reflections
A letter for the New Year… I’m so tired of Hallmark and Pixar stealing the word miracle and degrading it to “magic”. The world would have us believe that the two concepts are completely interchangeable… or else, if there has to be a...
by ParticularlyCALLED | Jun 22, 2022 | Endurance, Grace and Strength, Quiet and Listening to God
Peace I leave you, My peace I give you; not as the world gives, do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, nor afraid. – John 14:27 Peace is one of those words that gets tossed around a lot, especially in discernment circles. It’s so simple people...
by ParticularlyCALLED | Jun 15, 2022 | Spiritual Growth
My friend was telling me the other day how, when she asked about the Trinity, her pastor (Non-Denominational Protestant) answered, “Oh, I avoid talking about that because it’s just too complicated!” Both of us were rather aghast. The Trinity might be...
