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  • “Dude, what’s your problem?”

    a2's men's group met this morning for the start of the spring semester. As we shared our dreams and goals for 2010, a recurring theme was calling: "I want to know what my purpose is"; "I don't wantRead More→

  • Review: The True Saint Nicholas

    Short version: worth reading, but don't give it to kids who believe in Santa. The True Saint Nicholas: Why He Matters to Christmas is an easy and informative read. Bennett is a masterful storytellerRead More→

  • Emmanuel: the gift already given

    Note: I wrote this on Sunday, November 29, but didn't publish it because I thought it needed something else. Here we are three weeks later, and I'm just now returning to it—and for all the reasons IRead More→

  • fourth week of Advent

    Purify my conscience, Almighty God, by your daily visitation, that your Son Jesus Christ, at His coming, may find in me a mansion for Himself; who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, oneRead More→

  • first week of Advent

    Almighty God, give all of us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in greatRead More→

  • week of July 5

    O God, you have taught me to keep all your commandments by loving you and my neighbor: Grant me the grace of your Holy Spirit, that I may be devoted to you with my whole heart, and united to othersRead More→
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