Have you ever been to a birthday party where the celebrated person hates being the center of attention? It happens particularly with little children frightened by the experience of being…

The man in this photo is my Dad. He is resting on the edge of one of the largest mountains on the East Coast after hiking up the entire path.…

Road-trips have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. For almost every summer of my life, I found myself packed in a car with…

"Mysteriously, each morning, we are born again. We emerge out of sleep refreshed, renewed, with an invigorating sense of being alive.” -Romano Guardini, Sacred Signs Each day comes with its tasks, often repetitive of the…

What does it mean to hope against hope? I have found this question scattered throughout my many thoughts as of late. It holds especial significance during this advent season as…

Useless. It's a rather cruel word that stings a sensitive part of the human person. Being called useless is a cold slap in the face that reduces us to an…

Semper Incipit. Always begin. Every beginning, in its rise, draws with it a sense of refreshing renewal, just as the sun climbs the sky each morning, gradually awakening what was…

As I plant myself in the corner of the Dublin airport, amidst a swirling menagerie of foreign travelers, waiting for the next leg of my journey in a jetlagged blur,…

With the ending of summer, the beginning of a school year, with departures and the goodbyes that accompany them, the role of time amongst these moments has passed my mind…

Imagine: four smooth walls, the ceiling, the floor, and you. Nothing more. That’s all there is. Everything is uncomfortably bare with the one exception of the inner space of your…