Etiqueta: discernment

  • Leading the Tool: What My Shed Taught Me About AI

    Leading the Tool: What My Shed Taught Me About AI

    AI can be a helpful tool — but only when we give it clear, sequenced instructions. After a shed design mishap involving stairs through a wall, I learned an important lesson about structure, responsibility, and leading the tool rather than letting it lead us.

  • Formed in Love, Human and Divine

    Formed in Love, Human and Divine

    Relationships shape who we become, often in ways we only recognize with time. This reflection explores the people, mentors, family, and spiritual relationships that have positively influenced my life and formed my understanding of love, faith, and purpose.

  • 🧭 A Compass, Not a Map: On Becoming, Discernment, and the Journey Ahead

    🧭 A Compass, Not a Map: On Becoming, Discernment, and the Journey Ahead

    I didn’t set out to define sainthood. I set out to listen. To wonder. To walk slowly through the question: What does it mean to become holy—not in the eyes of the world, but in the eyes of God? Discernment, I’ve come to believe, is not about finding the “right” answer. It’s about becoming the…

  • Becoming a Saint in God’s Eyes:  Part IV:  The Journey Grace and Works Joined Together

    Becoming a Saint in God’s Eyes: Part IV: The Journey Grace and Works Joined Together

    A gentle meditation on grace, works, and the slow pilgrimage toward holiness. This reflection explores how sanctifying and actual grace cooperate with our daily actions, how spiritual dryness can deepen our faith, and how saints serve as living compasses guiding us toward union with God. Ordinary deeds become extraordinary when done through love, by grace,…