The Seasick Catholic

Conversion of Life: Just Keep Swimming!

The conversion of one’s life is more than just a single moment in time, it is a continual renewal of one’s love for God. For many...

Your Wife is Not Your Buddy

Your wife is not your buddy. You shouldn't treat your wife like she's one of the guys. You shouldn't talk to/with your wife as if she's...

We Choose the Country

“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that...

The Brightest of the Head

"The lightning-bug is brilliant, but he hasn't any mind; He stumbles through existence with his headlight on behind." E.F. Ware This is...

The Catholic Lens

To look through a lens is to gain a certain clarity about a thing. When we attempt to see something from the stance of a certain...

Rejection: the foundation of being built (1 Peter 2:4-10)

Story 1: Earlier this week a co-worker responded that she could never bring herself to buy a minivan because it was, what I understood to...

Force-Flex Garbage Bags and Contentment

How many of us have had experience with an overflowing garbage? Well, I’d argue that if we have ever lived alone as bachelors, we have...

Stability: To Fully Invest with Love

For Saint Benedict, stability was a call to live in a particular monastic community for life, but in our construction of the Rule of Dad,...

Saint of the Month for April, 2017

St. Vincent Ferrer (1350-1419) Feast: April 5 Patron of builders, construction workers, plumbers Vincent Ferrer was an activist. He was...

Laetare Sunday- To your fatherly health

We are half way through lent. It's time to rejoice. I keep finding the Lord bringing me back to reading Ben Sira/Sirach 30 and for good...

"WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT, AND WE'RE ALL SEASICK."