Fighting the ‘call to holiness’
Sometimes I think that if you're not in battle with God, you might not be moving at all. The meaning of 'Israel' is the God-Wrestler, someone who 'contends with God'. I think we all need to go through that challenge, if only that we can be broken by it. I'm not saying...
Dominic de Souza
SmartCatholics founder | Marketer & storyteller. Geeks over epics, mystics, science, the angelic, & movies.
Latest posts, reviews, stories and working theories:
A Balanced Outlook: Thoughts After Reading ‘Architects of the Culture of Death’
Our shared passion for stories will be a factor that saves us, keeping us balanced from isolated thought and not enough personal reflection.
The Philosopher of the Opera: A Short Story
With dramatic flair, the Phantom whirls Christine away from the opera to share his vision for a revivified world, and captures her curiosity.
Speaking of Freedom: Created Free to Choose
Every conversation is really asking this simple question, because without it, we have no stories to tell. Only dreams.
Telescoping Hope: The Role of Stories
When we lose the plot, stories exist to remind us of the ending.
The Sacrifice of Christ: Henna from the Heart of the Lover
From a distance, A Christian’s hands seem smeared with the blood of sacrifice, but take a closer look, and we find it is henna marked from a divine heart.
Defending Santa Claus: A Child’s Last Hope
With religion and conscience removed from the public forum, a child’s faith in Santa Claus is the last hope they’ll have of experiencing God.
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