Tag Archives: October 2025

Why the Eucharist is Necessary for Salvation

Part I: The Jewish Passover When reading Scripture, if not read in the context of the Old Testament from a Jewish standpoint, one is not able to fully understand what and why Christ says what He says and does what He does. Christ reveals Himself to the Jewish people as God, not by explicitly tellingContinue reading “Why the Eucharist is Necessary for Salvation”

Dance With the Joyful: Reflecting and Beholding Celebration

Christians are often caricatured as leading lives weighed down by rules, rituals, and restrictions—as if faith were little more than a joyless burden inherited through our family heritage. This stereotype paints believers as somber, withdrawn, or even depressed. Yet such a picture could not be further from the truth. At the very heart of ChristianityContinue reading “Dance With the Joyful: Reflecting and Beholding Celebration”

Finding Extraordinary Truth in Ordinary Activities

A Reflection on Luke 24:13-35 Luke 24:13-35 tells the story of the road to Emmaus, where Jesus walks alongside two disciples, but they don’t recognize him until he breaks bread—finding the divine in ordinary conversation and a simple meal. When I was young, I didn’t know the holiness of breaking bread with loved ones. IContinue reading “Finding Extraordinary Truth in Ordinary Activities”

The Habit of the Lesser Brothers

“And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation: and I will bring up sackcloth upon every back of yours, and baldness upon every head: and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the latter end thereof as a bitter day.” (Amos 8:10). “Therefore weContinue reading “The Habit of the Lesser Brothers”

I’m Christian and I watched KPop Demon Hunters—and You Should Too

This article contains heavy spoilers for the Netflix movie KPop Demon Hunters I’ve never heard my roommates create more noise than when we had a watchparty of the hit animated kids movie of the summer—KPop Demon Hunters. For half an hour after the film was over, we sang (and screamed) the movie’s soundtrack—the likes ofContinue reading “I’m Christian and I watched KPop Demon Hunters—and You Should Too”