by Scott Weeman | Nov 2, 2015 | Help from the Saints
I write this amidst the serenity of the Prince of Peace Abbey monastery in Oceanside, CA. My eyelids feel a bit heavier than usual this evening, seemingly bearing the weight and pressure of some emotional exhaustion. A dear friend, Dorothy Byrne, who passed away on...
by Scott Weeman | Oct 9, 2015 | Spiritual Tools
It’s that decisive moment when your internal temperature raises a few degrees. Maybe it’s that moment when you feel like you’ve lost all freedom and your reaction is completely out of your control. It’s the moment when reaching for your “drug” of choice becomes...
by Scott Weeman | Aug 24, 2015 | Prayer & Scripture Reflections, Spiritual Tools
There was once a day when the best prayer I had in my arsenal was more or less a negotiation tactic. A bargaining with God, you could say. “God, if you get me out of this mess, I promise to be a good boy,” was more or less the deal I was willing to make when I found...
by Scott Weeman | Aug 13, 2015 | Alcohol & Drug Addiction, Prayer & Scripture Reflections
Have you ever been baffled by the choice of a person you love to resort back to the source of their pain to relieve their pain? Have you ever found yourself in a spot where you couldn’t delineate the difference between your problem and your solution? Whether you’ve...
