(You can purchase my Sophia originals and prints HERE) Today I put words to a thought that I've been kicking around. Your drawing of Sophia and the Shark is what trying to forgive is like. It is standing there naked, in the water, feet on the floor of the ocean,...

I was interviewed today by Ronna Detrick. We mostly talked about Sophia. You can listen to the interview by CLICKING HERE. We really had a fascinating discussion. The image below of Sophia "Trapped" was discussed a lot. By the way, originals and prints of Sophia are...

The book: Thomas H. Green, S.J., Weeds Among the Wheat: Discernment... Where Prayer and Action Meet (1984)

A good friend of mine, who also happens to be a member of this community, said something to me the other day that stuck with me. It's something I've always believed to be true. It's something I have even taught before. But it was the way it was said that caught me off...

I think it is very important to make declarations. Every once in a while, it is beneficial to sit down and think about what you really believe and write it down in your journal. I do this every once in a while. Not only does it document my progress or growth or...

There is no way words can capture the Mystery. That All-in-all cannot be contained in even the best articulated theology. When our minds become aware of this truth, it can be a frightening experience. I was always taught, even right up through seminary, that right...

Whenever I felt that our obedience to or admiration of a leader was too great, this explanation was always used... that we were serving God, not the person in authority who was benefiting from it. Most people seem to buy it. Some don't. I want to tell you guys a story...

There have been just a few times in my life when I feel I've received direction or revelation from something Other. On the other hand, I have come out of a Christian culture that hears from God a million times a day. I'm serious! For so many years I was immersed in a...

I remember the earliest times I dared to express my own spiritual values and hinted that I was going to break out to find my own path. There were expressions of confusion, dismay, concern and even alarm. I remember a family member very close to me completely losing it...

While I was drawing this cartoon, I was listening to “Elysium”, the theme song from the film Gladiator. Now there was a man who, even though they took everything else, didn’t let them take his soul. Even though Jesus didn’t say these words, I think they are heard....