Stepping Forward with Hope-Filled Commitment
By Erich Wallace Hey, Friends! It’s been quite some time since I’ve written, and I’ve missed it and you! A little life update since I last wrote: on August 30th I moved to La Crosse, WI to start a nine-month priesthood discernment program through the Diocese of La Crosse. It is comparable to a year... Continue Reading →
By Erich Wallace. I have been learning about something really beautiful and how to go about it: our call to evangelization. I’ve had my ideas of what it should look like shattered a little bit, but they are starting to be rebuilt in the best way...
By Erich Wallace. I know the title of my blog is a little edgy with the sexual abuse scandal being a hot topic, but I thought it appropriate to share some experiences I have had in the recent months with some amazing celibate people and how they have affected me. I hope to show that celibacy for the Kingdom of God is not the source of scandal but is rather a beautiful giving of oneself to God and His Church with abandon...
By Erich Wallace. It’s good to be back writing after a long break, and I’m thankful for the responses to my last blog on the pro-life issues! There was a lot of support, but there was also some great dialogue from differing viewpoints...
By Erich Wallace. A few weeks ago, I attended the March for Life in Washington, D.C. with 76 other people from the Diocese of Superior and 650,000 people from across the nation. I have never really done anything “pro-life” per-se, except attend a “Right to Life” banquet several years ago because of a last minute invitation. Saying that, I was excited to get educated about the pro-life movement through this trip...
By Erich Wallace. I hope you’re entering into the new year with renewed joy and passion for life. The Diocese of Superior’s monthly challenge for January is to remain joyful even amidst difficult circumstances, and I just heard a talk by Chris Stefanick from #SEEK2019 about how to keep “The Joy of the Lord” in your life. I have been trying to take these challenges to heart, but I’ve also been encountering the fact that many people are leaving the Catholic Church in our country and missing out on the opportunity to experience this joy...
By Erich Wallace. John the Baptist was destined to be one holy dude from the get-go. His birth was foretold by an angel, and the angel said about John: “He will be great before the Lord… and he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God, and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared,” (Luke 1:15-17). Not bad, huh?...
By Erich Wallace. This last month was busy. I’ve been coaching the high school boys’ soccer team the last couple months, on top of working full-time, trying to run some youth ministry events, and all the while attempting to have a little bit of a social life. It’s been difficult and exhausting, but it’s also been rewarding and life-giving. In the midst of it all, though, something has suffered: my prayer life...
By Erich Wallace. AKA “How to Die (to Oneself) in a Healthy Way (and a Not So Healthy Way).” When I was in college and was just starting to actually read the Scriptures and to learn more about the life of Jesus, I began to encounter some pretty serious struggles...
