More Than a Meal: The Holiness of Friendsgiving
It’s that time of year again — crunchy leaves, pumpkin spice, wishbones, and pecan pie. Thanksgiving is around the corner, and what better way to…
friends
Do good to your friends to keep them and your enemies to win them. — Benjamin Franklin
Today, go out of your way to be nice to someone who annoys you. A simple smile and conversation can break down years of bad…
Weekend in the Woods
This weekend, a group of friends and I trekked to the Catskills for our annual winter getaway. It’s the fourth year that my group of…
Happy Lent?
My best friend, Sara, visited this past weekend, and I could not have been happier to see her in person. Since graduating high school, we’ve…
JILL – DAY 2: A Surprise, Candy Eggs, Temptation, Friends
1. Surprise flowers at the end of a VERY long, hard week. My life is incredibly crazed right now with some upcoming transition and cool…
Friends on the Beach
Last night, we had the official welcome of my good friend, Pope Francis, to World Youth Day, again on the beaches of Copacabana. The crowds…
True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable. — David Tyson Gentry
Take 5 minutes out of your day and be silent with a friend.
The “Thelma and Louise” of the Old Testament
Friday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time. Father Dave draws parallels between the loving, loyal friendship found between classic movie characters Thelma and Louise…
Apologizing for My Catholicism (or sometimes lack thereof)
As a sometime Catholic, I often find myself apologizing. Primarily, I find myself apologizing to those more devout than myself for my negligence. This comes up most often having dinner at my parents’ house with the priests from their parish, who ask the perfectly innocent questions of why they haven’t seen me in a while or where I go to church in my neighborhood.
The other side of the coin is having to apologize for having religious convictions at all. As someone in my twenties living in an urban area and in a so-called creative profession, it’s generally assumed by my acquaintances and associates that I am either an atheist or subscribe to some kind of a New Age-y religion (possibly with the intention of annoying my more conventional parents)…
The Opinions of Others
A few weeks back, I blogged about new research that found, when searching for a relationship partner, we tend to gravitate toward people who are…
