Prose for the Sake of Poetry
The web address and the title of this site are both meant to give you a little insight into what I am about but also invite you to question just what exactly you have gotten into in reading this. “Apologies from a Geeky Catholic girl,” is a bit misleading as I do not intend to apologize for anything, though I am indeed a geeky Catholic girl. I do, however, teach an Apologetics class and will certainly draw content from that course. So, there will be some theology, but there will also be a fair bit of me sharing my personal reflections on faith, friendship, literature, and beauty. I hope these reflections might offer you some inspiration, and that my prose might contribute to your poetry, your artwork, your music, or whatever else you choose to create.
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Faith Isn’t Magic
Faith is not a magic trick. I remember walking home from elementary school one day and attempting an experiment. I told a tree to uproot itself and move. I had been thinking about the verse in the Gospel according to Luke where Jesus told his disciples that if they only had faith enough, they could…
The Gift of Boredom
We live in an overstimulated age. Many people have written about the dangers and negative repercussions of this reality: the anxiety it causes, the loss of authentic human interaction, the need for there to always be an exciting new thing while simultaneously there is nothing new under the sun. One of the things we’ve lost…
Persevere in Prayer
“Then he told them a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary.” Luke 18:1 There are many verses throughout Sacred Scripture about the importance of prayer and in chapter eighteen of the Gospel of Luke, Jesus tells a parable to illustrate the importance of perseverance in prayer. Luke tells us…
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Prose for the sake of Poetry 