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Kicking and Screaming
Kicking and Screaming Experience: Our oldest daughter Aubrey, who is turning three next month, started Pre-K last week. My wife Pilar had been preparing her for months. Telling her about what the day would look like, how to unpack her lunchbox, getting her comfortable with her backpack, etc. But the biggest point she tried getting
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When the Spirit Calls…Act
As I’ve progressed in my career and in my faith, I’ve become more and more comfortable sharing it in the secular world, particularly the corporate workplace. I want to share with you an experience that really hit the core of my being. 18 months ago, I started a new job with a new company and
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Mercy in an Unlikely Place
Experience: A good friend of mine got free tickets to the Rocket Mortgage Classic (a golf, PGA tour event) at the Detroit Golf Club. So me and few friends went down on a Saturday and spent the morning and early afternoon watching live golf. We had to park in a structure at Wayne State University
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Extraordinary Ministry
Today I was blessed to join the Extraordinary Minister (“EM”) Ministry of Holy Cross Chaldean Catholic Church in Farmington Hills, Michigan. This is something that I’ve always yearned to do. What could be better than delivering to the faithful, the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ? Over the course
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Totus Tuus
Experience: As a husband and father of two young girls, marriage and parenting has, and continues to, help me understand Catholicism in a very different, deep, and beautiful way, which has led to a much greater appreciation and love for the faith. And rightfully so, as it should, since marriage is a sacrament and a
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The Spiritually Restless
One of the earliest doctors of the Church, St. Augustine of Hippo writes in his autobiography, titled Confessions, “Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.” If you don’t know St. Augustine’s story, I encourage you to research it. If God can make
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