Middle-aged Maverick

Tag: Catholic

  • Catholic Satire

    Movie/music Monday Back in 2000 when Josh and I first got together, we often rented movies from a little mom and pop video store up the street from his mom’s house where he was living at the time (where we now live). One of the movies we rented was “Dogma”. Both of us are Catholic,… →

  • What do you believe?

    5Ws Wednesday I saw a post on Threads yesterday where someone was reflecting on their religious beliefs and how they have changed. They didn’t consider themselves an atheist according to the definition of one, but they also acknowledged that they didn’t really believe in a god anymore. That made me think of my own experience… →

  • The Unique Nun

    Which aspects do you think makes a person unique? What makes a person unique can’t be boiled down to a certain aspect. It’s all the things—how someone thinks, what they believe in, what their hobbies are, the things they say, etc. And it’s the distinct combination of those things that really bring out the uniqueness.… →

  • We Regret to Inform You…

    How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? This is one of those stories where I didn’t see the ripple effects one seeming failure would have until much, much later. I honestly think a huge part of the trajectory of my life came from this. When I was in high… →

  • Social Media When You’re Not Afraid of Being Fired

    For 19 years I worked in a Catholic school. Now that I don’t, I have freedom in a way that I didn’t fully comprehend until the initial joy of being out of there finally settled. When you work in a Catholic school, at least in one that belonged to the diocese where I was, you… →

  • The Pope and I

    When Saint Pope John Paul the second died, I heard of many people who cried. I was fascinated by that. How could somebody cry over the death of a public figure whom they had never met? Perhaps the fact that at the time of his death, I had only been a confirmed Catholic for a… →