Category Archives: Roadkill
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Positions Vacant
Leave a commentSeptember 7, 2013 by lucieromarin
So, you’re building a new life. What to aspire to? It’s not only the secular world that can define ‘success’ …
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How to Avoid Poisoning Your Entire Life with Envy
2August 20, 2013 by lucieromarin
So. Two people get nightmares; both want them to stop. The first, however, has had nightmares since childhood, because she …
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Have You Tried Prayer?
8August 13, 2013 by lucieromarin
Seraphic shared the story of a reader told two astounding things at a Theology on Tap meeting. The first was …
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Remedies for Baby-Hunger
Leave a commentJuly 29, 2013 by lucieromarin
1) Let it hurt. I know this sounds awful; a remedy usually involves easing pain, rather than embracing it! But…we’re …
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So, I Opened a Book at Random…
Leave a commentJuly 23, 2013 by lucieromarin
…because it was time for mental prayer, I was in a slough of despond (a work-day full of disappointments) and …
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Perfect! A Private Devotion that’s Actually Private
Leave a commentJuly 16, 2013 by lucieromarin
Today’s Feast – Our Lady of Mount Carmel – seems the right time to write about the Brown Scapular, which …
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Why Not Everyone is Roadkill
9June 27, 2013 by lucieromarin
I’ve written about the different ways in which the members of the various conservative subcultures of the Church can end …
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Re-arranging the Furniture
Leave a commentJune 20, 2013 by lucieromarin
Bill Bryson’s ‘At Home: A Short History of Private Life’ contains the story (I don’t have it here – sorry) …
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The New New Evangelisation
4June 15, 2013 by lucieromarin
In 2000 or 2001 (I forget which year it was) I attended a meeting during which someone said something happy …
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Let’s Review, Part 2
11June 8, 2013 by lucieromarin
The previous post summarised the salient points about the individual experience of burnout. The second part of this review is …
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