An exploration of loneliness as a profound human condition that reveals our essential need for love, connection, and relationship, showing that we are inherently made for intimacy, not isolation.

Wanting to grow is already a step toward change. Perfection isn’t the point — progress is. Like Franklin, we learn through practice, not performance. Whether it’s journaling, prayer, or simply starting small, self-reflection paired with grace leads to transformation. You don’t need to do it all today — just take one step forward, and keep going.

Sundays used to blur by in bars and on couches—comfort numbing conviction. Will felt stuck, disconnected from God, others, even himself. But Exodus cracked something open. In the quiet and detachment, he began to feel again—to listen. What he found wasn’t just discipline. It was a deeper hunger for Christ—and real freedom.

We often confuse confidence with self-worth, tying our value to achievements, appearance, opinions, or possessions. But true worth isn’t earned — it’s received. When everything else fades, God’s love remains. You are deeply loved not for what you do or have, but simply because you are His. Always enough.

This reflection explores the quiet traps of daily distractions and spiritual apathy known as acedia. It invites us to honestly examine how seemingly harmless habits—like shopping or screen time—can mask deeper vices, and encourages relying on the Holy Spirit to cultivate virtue and reclaim the abundant life Jesus promises.

Who am I in the mind if God? You were an idea in the mind of God long before the universe existed. What is my identity?