On the Journey to the divine
When I was a teacher I had a student ask me a question about the saints. She asked, "Will I get to meet and be friends with the saints in heaven?" to which I emphatically replied "yes!" It shocked me that she didn't realize that the saints want to be our friends and help us. [...]
Dostoevsky's Notes from the Underground focuses on the ramblings of the "underground man" as a stand-in for Russian alienation at the turn of the century. The most poignant aspect of his rambling is underground man's depression and his alienation. He sees himself as both elevated above the rabble of humanity, but also completely at odds with [...]
Kierkegaard, a Danish philosopher, theologian, and poet of the 1800s, is largely regaled as the first Existential Philosopher. His works of Either/Or, Sickness Unto Death, and Fear and Trembling are largely considered pivotal philosophical works that shaped the landscape irrecovably afterwards. Nietzche, Satre, and Camus were largely influenced by his work and expand on his [...]
This past summer I have been going through some rather intense spiritual development and healing. After what seemed like an entire year of solitude, desolation, and contemplation, God was finally calling me to action. One of the most striking rules I learned this year was my new found ability to grow and mature purely on [...]
According to a Pew Reasearch Center Study released in 2015, there are over 2.3 Billion Christians on the planet. Although there may have been some slight fluctuations since that data was released, close to a third of the planet proclaims Christ. A Pew Reasearch Center Study released in 2015, states that there are over 2.3 [...]
Practical steps to Discern God's Will for your Vocation
Joanna Jewell 