Category: Humanity

Wednesday Musings Reprise

Published by mhelbert on November 5, 2014

I was going back through some old posts. I came upon this one from one of my Musings on Wednesday posts. Originally posted in October…

Published by mhelbert on November 1, 2014

Well, here it is All Saints’ Day. The day after All Hallows’ Eve, or Halloween. This Christianized Pagan holiday has been around for a long…

Published by mhelbert on October 15, 2014

I met with my spiritual director on Monday for the first time since June. I was a bit self-conscious about the meeting. You see, I…

Published by mhelbert on July 10, 2014

I’ve got to share that the last 3 months have been rough. I don’t know why. Things were going great as I worked my way…

Published by mhelbert on July 2, 2014

All of us go through periods when the light seems to be far off and obscured. We spend time in introspection wondering what ever happened…

Published by mhelbert on May 28, 2014

A friend of mine recently sent me a link to an article written by Matthew Walsh entitled, “This is my homophobic rant against Michael Sam.”…

Published by mhelbert on May 15, 2014

I had promised some months ago to share some of my experiences with the Ignatian Exercises. However, the Exercises took away most of my writing…

Published by mhelbert on May 9, 2014

A couple of weeks ago I shared a blogpost written by Benjamin Corey . It was basically a critique of the way in which many…

Published by mhelbert on January 1, 2014

One of the stories that has become part of our holiday season is the story of the Magi. It’s been romanticized to the point that…

The past month and a half has been a time of deep reflection and introspection for me. The Ignatian exercises have taken me on a…