The Journeyman – Brandon Kraft

Something I find cool- I wrote a paper in high school about the oppression of Catholics in China. The paper was nothing groundbreaking but in a field that frankly, hasn’t received nearly enough attention from the academic realm. I’ve been doing a little looking on who all visit my site, how they get here, etc…

Some benefits of friendship: — Losing a couple of hours of sleep to just chill with a friend who doesn’t want to be alone/needs to vent/chat. — Spending a little extra time in prayer praying for a friend, his or her projects, problems, victories and hopes. — Taking the long way to class so you…

Just for a moment, I’d like to pause and reflect on the 20-minute nap I sought after today and was just out of my grasp. I was at the Catholic Center and thought to myself “I am tired. I have 25 minutes until Mass. I’ll take a 20-minute nap.” I lie down. Ignoring the people…

A score update: All I have left for the seminary application is write my admissions essay for the University of Dallas, finish my autobiography for Holy Trinity Seminary and go to my psych evaluation on April 28th.

Back in February, I posted a quote from G.K. Chesterton: “The madman is not the man who has lost his reason. The madman is the man who has lost everything except his reason.” I’ve been thinking more about this quote lately and the more I would have to agree. Logic, reasoning, deductive insight are all…

After a little Easter delay, I have something worth typing out to post. Tonight, I was over at John’s to have dinner with him, Christy and Stephanie. He’s cooking some chicken for dinner when he moves a hot piece of glassware towards the sink. Then BAM- the glass, and all the hot oil inside, it…