Author: Stephen Rose

  • Work as if everything depended on God (Part II)

    Work as if everything depended on God (Part II)

    If you haven’t read Part 1 yet, that might be a good place start. This side of things is a little bit harder to expand upon. How do I work as if everything depends on God? After all, everything I do is a result of my own actions, right? When I get down to the […]

  • Pray as if everything depends on you (Part I)

    Pray as if everything depends on you (Part I)

    Living in today’s world, we see so much; we hear so much. At times we may feel there isn’t much we can do about the problems in this world. With today’s methods of communication we hear about deadly disease outbreaks and natural disasters soon after, if not before they happen. When I see all this […]

  • Deus Vult (God wills it)

    Deus Vult (God wills it)

    The very first time I saw this phrase, I absolutely loved it. Then I found out what it meant! These two words have so much power behind them. When Pope Urban II declared the first crusade, the people cried out, “Deus vult! “. Today, however, there are no bloody crusades (authorized by the Church) for […]

  • What? I’m a Blogger now?!

    What? I’m a Blogger now?!

    I’ll be honest right off the bat – I’ve never considered myself to be a writer. Getting thoughts down on paper, or in this case, onto a word document, has always been difficult for me. My mind runs a million miles a second and my thought processes usually don’t make much sense. In conversation, I […]