Author: Matthew Triplett
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The Importance of Naming Mentors in Your Journey
Mentorship often masquerades as genuine partnership but is fraught with unacknowledged costs. True relationships demand time, effort, and honesty, yet many walk a path of convenience, settling for superficial bonds. To foster meaningful growth, both mentor and mentee must embrace their roles, investing deeply in one another for lasting impact.
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Make Yourself Replaceable
Life ultimately boils down to two choices: the easy, transient path or the difficult, enduring one. While quick fixes provide immediate gratification, they foster dependency and instability. True progress requires effort and sacrifice, creating lasting systems over personal reliance. WorkChoose wisely, for the road less traveled leads to true fulfillment.
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Earn Your Name: The Cost of You
The market is a cold, calculating beast, indifferent to loyalty or emotional appeals. It mercilessly evaluates our value based on tangible contributions. As traditional notions of security crumble, those who create real, measurable worth thrive. In this relentless environment, authenticity and adaptability are your only allies. Fail to evolve, and become obsolete.
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Judas and the Mystery of Mercy: Why Grace Is Given Before Repentance
Even Judas could have his feet washed by the One who knew exactly who he was and what he would do, though he had not yet done it.
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Advice on Authentic Agency
You’re far more powerful than you realize, shaped by your past struggles. You’ve transcended helplessness, but don’t let authority misuse your agency. Break free from toxic constraints, whether from employers or parents. Stay authentic, know your worth, and remember: you dictate how others treat you. Own your strength and rise.
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The Pull of Older Ground: When Modern Faith No Longer Feels Thick Enough
Written from the tension that emerges when faith language no longer carries the weight it once did. What presses on me is not doubt, but recognition, a disciplined awareness that thinner words cannot hold thicker realities. This is an invitation to a search for continuity, for language and ground sturdy enough to bear what the…
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Hell on Holy Week
The holiest week in the Church calendar evokes a complex blend of anticipation and grief. While moments of despair often overshadow the expected joy of resurrection, the text emphasizes the importance of authentic presence during sacred seasons. Even amidst confusion and unease, holding onto hope remains a profound testament of faith.
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The Morning I Was Smuggled to Work
Last night’s power outage turned into quite the spectacle with sparks raining down, keeping us on edge until the morning.
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At the Center: Christ, Agency, and the Work of Understanding
I asked God whether He was the author of order or chaos. The answer did not come clean. It came as a limp. This piece is the map of that wound and what it revealed about Christ, authority, and the terrifying privilege of human freedom.
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A Republic Lost, A Promise Unbroken
Where is our Lady Justice now, the one who once stood tall, blindfolded, unbending? What has become of her sweet sister Liberty, whose very breath once stirred men to courage? And for whom do these virtues still exist? For our oligarchs, perhaps, the new lords of a land that pretends it is still a republic.…
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