Confession 101

I think the secret to getting more out of the sacrament of confession… is taking the time to ask yourself important questions. Every conversion point begins with a question.

Is this all there is?
Should I be doing something different with my life?
Am I being as good a Christian as I can be?
How can I be better?

I […]

Confession Makes a Comeback
Churches are encouraging sinners to repent by modernizing an ancient rite. Alexandra Alter reports.
By ALEXANDRA ALTER
September 21, 2007; Page W1

Sin never goes out of style, but confession is undergoing a revival.
This February at the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI instructed priests to make confession a top priority. U.S. bishops have begun promoting it […]

Do you ever feel that you are just not doing enough? That only if you tried a little harder, worked a little more, gave a little more - that things would work out better?
Do you ever have this uneasy, unsettled, back of the mind feeling that God is not quite pleased with you? And maybe […]

I just downloaded a plugin that will give a link to a Scripture site for every scripture reference I use. So here is my test! 2 Cor 6:16
It Works! It Works! It Works! How super cool. Now every time I use a scripture quote you can click on the scripture reference and […]

I am exploring different ideas to make this site the most practical and usable for you. An idea I came up with last night was to start a short daily examen message - a sort of kick-start bit to help you to look at your day in a God centered way. What went right.. what […]

The first four entries were all done on Typepad… I was trying out there free trial… but I’ve decided to move to Wordpress. This is my first entry - (I copied and pasted the previous ones.)
 I hope you will bear with me for about a week or so as I learn some of the ins […]

Very amazing thing happened over the weekend. The latest thing I have been reading is called, “Clear Blogging” by Bob Walsh. It is very good.. and he has a blog site “naturally” that is also very good. I just checked that out.  Clear Blogging
Anyway in Chapter six he had a few pages about an interview […]

I’ve had a blog on Google for about a year.. but now I have taken the leap to Typepad. So…. it has taken me about three days to get it mapped to my own domain name. It was a convuluted mess…. the name I wanted to use… confession101.com was parked with my other site… http://confessions101.com […]

This is a glimpse I think of our reunion with God someday and all of His Creation.

My hope with this blog is to explore how to make this sacrament a more powerful and vital tool for our walk with God. How it can open us up to new areas of growth. How to make it real. Relevant.
In October of 2007 I published my latest book, “101 Inspirational Stories of the Sacrament […]