A Tribute to my Late Grandfather
My grandfather died this August. I’m not ready to write about my grieving process because I’m not quite sure how one grieves about these things.
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The Rule of Brotherhood
Later this week, Catholic Balm Co. and I will launch this year’s Nazarite Challenge. The Nazarite Challenge is a free month-long commitment that men make to live like the Nazarites: community, daily prayer, avoiding sin, and no shaving. This year, the challenge is based on my unreleased book: The Rule of Brotherhood. Those of you familiar with St. Benedict will also be familiar with the concept of a Rule of…
Our Huge Misunderstanding of Theology of the Body
The Theology of the Body is one of the most important theological developments of the past few centuries. It’s also incredibly hip. When I was in high school, it was everywhere. Every tight t-shirt chastity speaker was talking about it. At Franciscan, TOB was one of the hard classes to get into. Whenever people talked about sex or marriage (Which is a lot in your teens and twenties) people were…
Read 100: 3 Top Books This Year (So Far)
This year, I decided to read 100 books in one year. I didn’t announce it because I was worried I’d get halfway through January and forget about it, but here we are: done with the first quarter of the year and I’ve read over 25 books. I’m rereading a few things I want to dive deeper into, but most of these books are new to me and I’d like to…