Category: Reflections

  • martin luther king jr. day – making it a reality

    In the past, I have celebrated MLK Day by, well, doing much of nothing. Since I’ve started college, classes have started on the Tuesday following so I had no homework to catch up. Nothing at the UCC really picked up yet, so nothing was the agenda of the day. However, as I listen to Busted…

  • septemeber 11, 2001

    Today in the blogosphere every website seems to be posting reflections upon the events that took place five years ago today. When the planes hit the two towers of the World Trade Center, I was outside in the parking lot of Hirschi High School practicing the marching set in band. We finished our practice and…

  • hot water

    The hot water in my apartment has been acting funny the past couple of days. I’m not sure if I’ve tried taking showers just at the wrong times or what, but after 2 or 3 minutes, the water becomes cold. This is during the summer, so perhaps I should be joyful that I can use…

  • a quiet place

    I love quiet. In the quiet I find God and I am able to speak to him and am able to hear him. I think because of this I need a certain amount of time alone. I need to recharge. After a long day, I like to excuse myself to my room and sit in…

  • a visit to st. mary

    On Tuesday, a friend and I made a visit to St. Mary’s Seminary. Associated with the University of St. Thomas, St. Mary’s provides the major seminary experience for students from most of the dioceses of Texas. It was a beautiful place. Our first stop, since we were uninvited visitors, was the chapel. Setup in choral…

  • seeking wisdom

    I broke up a fortune cookie some point during the last week that held the proverb “You’ll accomplish more later if you take some time for yourself.” How do you decide which things you let go? Vanessa and I had similar discussions this week and through all of that, I’m still left with the question,…