Things I missed out on in life: Catholic Schooling.

I was finishing up the communial rosary this morning when all the second graders from the Catholic School started coming in single-file to the church.  This happens periodcally so I didn’t think much of it…until I realized they were all dressed up as their favorite saint.
There was Therese and Divine Mercy and Mary and Catherine [...]

Vodka anyone?

As it turns out, I’m leaving the country in a week. I didn’t really realize it until…yesterday?
I’m going to Poland for 7 days. The trip looks like this so far:
Meet Liz in Warsaw. After a few days go to Krakow. Fly back to Warsaw. Fly home.
Thats it. Those are [...]

Today should have been an Iron & Wine kinna day

If you work in my office this morning just so happen to have the unfortunate thought of “ooooh What did the cat dragged in?” the answer to this pondering would be, me!
When I left the apartment around 6:15 this morning, trudging my way across town on foot to get to mass, it was lightly raining.  [...]

And worst of all, no one here thinks I’m funny

I’m in a class called Storytelling, which is, in fact, a class that teaches students to be better storytellers.  Although I took it with the desire for a more light-hearted summer course I admit that I’m really enjoying it.
This week we’ve been working on family and personal stories.  Although I feel that I’ve got some [...]

Mary, I’m so glad I’m Thine.

Last Thursday Sandy and I (and all our faithful friends) managed to move our belongings into a new apartment.  We’re still getting used the the space (and continue to unpack…me more than her) and find the abode to be endlessly quirky but somehow quite wonderful.  This morning I studied and ate a scone on the [...]

Light up, Light up, As if you had the Choice

Whether or not the Council becomes a positive force in the history of the Church depends only indirectly on texts and organization; the crucial question is whether there are individuals- saints- who, by their personal willingness, which cannot be forced, are ready to effect something new and living.  The ultimate decision about the historical significance [...]

nerd3000

The Other KJ emails me today:
Not to be sacrilegious, …but, the thought came to my mind: “If Jesus was 2.0, would he be a twitter guy, facebook stud, or a blogger man?”
To which I responded:
Paaalease.  Jesus transcends time.  Of course he’s a 2.0 guy/God.
Let me get all Trinitarian on you here, but I think he’d [...]

Keep on keep’n on

I’ve been rather MIA since leaving Champaign last weekend (or, since March, really).  You’d think that ending classes would have positively impact a person’s schedule, but I’ve been working on putting my ideas together for a poster presentation at LOEX tomorrow.  My room is currently in shambles–piles from the semester, last week’s trip to Champaign, [...]

one small snippet in an epic story that needs to be told

We laugh about it now, and to be honest we even laughed about it then. I cannot help but believe, though, that most of the laughter comes because we cannot stand to be sad about it. Though the pain was, and is, very deep. We’re recovering. All scars heal. Life [...]

And now for something completely different

I had a phone interview with a documentary film producer yesterday.  She found me as a result of the BUST article a few months back.  We talked about Mary’s Virginity and my feelings on female priests.  I have to follow up the whole thing with an answer as to how Mary was “concieved without sin”–something [...]