Happy Thanksgiving! Elissa is back with some thoughts on gratitude, and some recent blessings for which she’s thanking God this year.

What if having an independent mind is a real problem?

Thoughts on our memories, on Memory Eternal, and on the End of Days.

In which Elissa asks what it is that grace — the Holy Spirit — wants to do with us.

As we struggle through the Nativity fast, we think a bit about suffering and about the purpose of the Incarnation.

Back from a longer-than-intended hiatus, Elissa considers St. John of Kronstadt’s observation that “Hell is a democracy, but heaven is a kingdom.”

Christ is risen! I have finally made peace with our Lord’s Ascension, and as usual, it’s because everything is theanthropic. Glory to God.

I get that I’m imperfect, but that’s not what’s bothering me. It’s all those other people’s imperfections.

In this episode, we’ll contemplate demons and tollhouses, confession and guilt… what happens to the stuff we decide not to give to God?

As we struggle through Great Lent, let’s stop and take a moment to ask how we can become real, considering classics like The Velveteen Rabbit and The Great Divorce.