21 Century Pilgrim

Demons, Demons Everywhere: The Devolution of Conversation

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January 30, 2013 by eneubauer

I often lament the devolution of conversation in American society. As a matter of fact, I wrote a piece called, …
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Category: Pilgrims Path, Soap Box | Tags: Conversation, Debate, Douglas, Jesus, Journey, Life, Lincoln, Listen, Politics, Public Square, Relationship, The Middle Road, Trinity, Truth, Way

Explosive Words: The Baptism of Christ

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January 17, 2013 by eneubauer

Recently, I have been lamenting the loss of our understanding of symbolic language. Within Christian culture there is a prevalence …
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Category: Devotional, Pilgrims Path | Tags: Catholic, Church, Daily Readings, Gospel, Jesus, Mass, pilgrims path, Read, Readings, Reflect, Relationship, Religion, Sacred Scripture, Write

Paying It Forward: How Jennifer Fulwiler inspired me…

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January 9, 2013 by eneubauer

A little over a year ago I began this blog as a venue to develop and share thoughts close to my …
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Category: Pilgrims Path | Tags: 2013, Blog, Blogging, Brandon Vogt, Catholic Faith, Catholicism, cnmc12, Conversion, conversiondiary, Inspired, Jennifer Fulwiler, Jesus, Pay It Forward, pilgrims path, Prayer, Resolution, SQPN

5 Years Later: An Inspired Catholic Convert

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January 6, 2013 by eneubauer

This New Year will bring about my five-year anniversary – coming home to the Catholic Church. I remain inspired and excited …
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Category: Pilgrims Path | Tags: 2013, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Coming Home, Consistency, Conversion, Discipleship, Distraction, Encourage, Jesus, New Year, Religion, Resolution, rhythm, Study, Theme, Vision, Will, Year of Faith

Evil Exists: Denial will destroy us…

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December 17, 2012 by eneubauer

The truth is that evil really exists. Evil, mental illness and moral values are three issues that I have been …
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Category: Current Events, Soap Box | Tags: America, Catholic, Christianity, Conservative, Democracy, Evil, Founding Fathers, Mass Murder, Mental Illness, Modern, Nones, Post Modern, Principles, Religion, Shooting, Traditional Values, Values

Catholic Dads: Hitting the Bar…

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December 5, 2012 by eneubauer

I learned many years ago from some very good friends that an essential element of good parenting was taking time out of …
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Category: Family | Tags: Advent, busy, Catholic, Children, Dad, Daughter, Discipleship, exercise, Family, Father, kids, lessons, Love, parenting, parks, playgrounds, Relationship, schedule, Son, time

Alert: “I have canceled Christmas!”

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December 3, 2012 by eneubauer

Recently I made a declaration to my 7 year old, “We are canceling Christmas.” Response, “Noooooooo, WE CAN’T CANCEL CHRISTMAS!” …
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Category: Devotional, Pilgrims Path | Tags: Advent, Adventus, Bible, Blessed, BVM, Child, Christ, Christmas, Christmas Tree, Consumerism, ESV, Faith, First Coming, God, Intend, Jesus, Light of the World, Love, Mary, Materialism, Meditation, new liturgical year, Penance, preparation, Reconciliation, Reflection, Sacred, Scripture, Season, Second Coming, Via Advent, Virgin

The confession of a 7 year old convert:

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November 20, 2012 by eneubauer

Just over 4.5 years ago my entire family came home to the Catholic Church. It was exhilarating and one of …
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Category: Devotional, Pilgrims Path | Tags: Cathedral, Catholic Church, Catholics Come Home, Children, Confession, Conversion, Death, Faith, first reconciliation, Formation, Gospel, Healing, Jesus, Learning, Reconciliation, Righteousness, Shrine, Sin, Tiber

Pilgrim on Politics: The Day After

The New Evangelization: Success or Failure – It will depend…

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October 8, 2012 by eneubauer

I have been very excited about the New Evangelization since it was announced, first by Pope John Paul II and now …
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Category: Devotional, Soap Box | Tags: 21 Century, Adult, Benedict XVI, catholic bishops, Catholic Church, Discipleship, Evangelize, faith formation, Future, Jesus, John Paul II, New Evangelization, Paul VI, Pope, Synod, USCCB