<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Scribbles and Such]]></title><description><![CDATA[storybookscribbles]]></description><link>https://storybookscribbles.wixsite.com/storybookscribbles/blog-1</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:21:12 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://storybookscribbles.wixsite.com/storybookscribbles/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Holy Ground]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sometimes I draw words on myself.   It might not be the healthiest choice, but sometimes it's a really helpful way to remind myself of...]]></description><link>https://storybookscribbles.wixsite.com/storybookscribbles/single-post/2019/03/27/holy-ground</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fe35ca4f7a4f40017f11d5a</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2019 03:29:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/183464_d1e724bcc2b442b3b97c3dad2b69d2d9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_960,h_960,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>George Xavier</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Power of Stories. Part Two.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Effects of Stories One of the most obvious and commonly recognized characteristics of a story, as well as one of the most important,...]]></description><link>https://storybookscribbles.wixsite.com/storybookscribbles/single-post/2018/11/14/the-power-of-stories-part-two</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fe35ca4f7a4f40017f11d60</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2018 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5eac6c98a49545f38822ca343e02b2b9.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>George Xavier</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Power of Stories. Part One.]]></title><description><![CDATA[What Are Stories? Humans have a deep and fundamental desire to tell and to hear stories. From ancient mythologies to multi-million dollar...]]></description><link>https://storybookscribbles.wixsite.com/storybookscribbles/single-post/2018/11/07/the-power-of-stories-part-one</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fe35ca4f7a4f40017f11d5f</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2018 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/965e4f8a02bc454990c20edd1259ae02.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_899,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>George Xavier</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Having Hope Again]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Response to Evil and especially to Suffering. Part 5. It's been the theme throughout these posts, it's been increasingly the theme of...]]></description><link>https://storybookscribbles.wixsite.com/storybookscribbles/single-post/2018/09/25/on-having-hope-again</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fe35ca4f7a4f40017f11d5e</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2018 01:41:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3daf9f206d0f442da6a9faeff098afc6.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>George Xavier</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Response to Evil. Part 4.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hate the Sin, Love the Sinner I know it's cliche, overused, and even abused, but cliches are cliches for a reason and the fact that...]]></description><link>https://storybookscribbles.wixsite.com/storybookscribbles/single-post/2018/07/25/untitled</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fe35ca4f7a4f40017f11d62</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2018 21:49:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCR2dPBGZcY" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>George Xavier</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Response to Evil. Part 3. Mackinac Island]]></title><description><![CDATA[I promise, I do actually have other separate thoughts about how to respond to evil. But before I leave the thread of "do the thing in...]]></description><link>https://storybookscribbles.wixsite.com/storybookscribbles/single-post/2018/07/30/the-response-to-evil-part-3-mackinac-island</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fe35ca4f7a4f40017f11d5c</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2018 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnYyMiEqa8w" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>George Xavier</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Osiris]]></title><description><![CDATA[Distant crags are gleaming in the morning folds of marble softness fall gently round the poise and beauty of the craftsman's thought a...]]></description><link>https://storybookscribbles.wixsite.com/storybookscribbles/single-post/2018/07/16/stone</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fe35ca4f7a4f40017f11d5b</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2018 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/183464_a715bb6a84604dedb3d5ab670fb8e1c7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_960,h_960,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>George Xavier</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Response to Evil. Part 2. Capra, Gibson, and Nolan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Earlier this week we talked about the powerful images that Tolkien writes of the different possible responses to evil and about what the...]]></description><link>https://storybookscribbles.wixsite.com/storybookscribbles/single-post/2018/07/19/the-response-to-evil-part-2-capra-gibson-and-nolan</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fe35ca4f7a4f40017f11d5d</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2018 13:32:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6UbYHCkoZs" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>George Xavier</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Response to Evil. Part 1. Tolkien.]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's kind of a big question, right? The reality of darkness, suffering, and evil is something we will have to deal with and anyone who...]]></description><link>https://storybookscribbles.wixsite.com/storybookscribbles/single-post/2018/07/19/the-response-to-evil-part-1-jrr-tolkien</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fe35ca4f7a4f40017f11d61</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2018 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_EHnWzJbYw" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>George Xavier</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[the people who walk in darkness...]]></title><description><![CDATA[A couple months ago, my friend and I put on our second annual Tolkien, Tenebrae and the Triduum retreat. This is (very roughly) the talk...]]></description><link>https://storybookscribbles.wixsite.com/storybookscribbles/single-post/2018/07/05/the-people-who-walk-in-darkness</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fe35ca4f7a4f40017f11d63</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2018 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/183464_f0dcd00e8e0c454da0559ba61e402c0b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_610,h_262,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>George Xavier</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Morning Commute]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was late to work this morning because the lake and sky were bled together and the vast expanse of water was all brought close and...]]></description><link>https://storybookscribbles.wixsite.com/storybookscribbles/single-post/2018/07/09/the-morning-commute</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fe35ca47a78fc00177f52f7</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2018 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/183464_0812677737da49478a8740116c73edb3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_844,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>George Xavier</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just Be a Person]]></title><description><![CDATA[I spent most of last week canoeing in the Boundary Waters and there are about a million things I could say about it, but I'm going to...]]></description><link>https://storybookscribbles.wixsite.com/storybookscribbles/single-post/2018/07/05/just-be-a-person</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fe35ca47a78fc00177f52fa</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2018 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HbYScltf1c" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>George Xavier</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagine Dragons]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have often been spurred to prayer by unexpected sources, from Hamlet to Hamilton to the way that Spring unfolds - God speaks to me in...]]></description><link>https://storybookscribbles.wixsite.com/storybookscribbles/single-post/2018/05/18/imagine-dragons</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fe35ca47a78fc00177f52f8</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2018 02:45:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d91f63ce20de4916a0ad3aa544559d60.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>George Xavier</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Tale of Two Tangles]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is a writhing of joy  a weight of newness and wonder  I found myself with overflowing hands  a tangled mess of gold, but still...]]></description><link>https://storybookscribbles.wixsite.com/storybookscribbles/single-post/2018/03/28/a-tale-of-two-tangled</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fe35ca47a78fc00177f52f6</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2018 23:44:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7e65df711389d71f0b36d045d67a3f1b.jpg/v1/fit/w_651,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>George Xavier</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do Whatever He Tells You]]></title><description><![CDATA[Day 8. Once again, I woke up in time to see the sunrise. Our schedule was rather packed since we were ending the retreat with late...]]></description><link>https://storybookscribbles.wixsite.com/storybookscribbles/single-post/2018/03/22/do-whatever-he-tells-you</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fe35ca47a78fc00177f52fb</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 03:00:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d26103631854ca390962736521fc720.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>George Xavier</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[His Mercy Endures Forever]]></title><description><![CDATA[I woke up early enough to watch the sunrise down by the lake, to bask in the beauty that had been happening, and to continue to try to...]]></description><link>https://storybookscribbles.wixsite.com/storybookscribbles/single-post/2018/03/21/his-mercy-endures-forever</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fe35ca47a78fc00177f52fd</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2018 23:08:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b0478bfab5014a0f8c73c5b226e80db7.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>George Xavier</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let Not Your Hearts Be Troubled]]></title><description><![CDATA[**Solemnity of St. Joseph Observed** Day 6. Fr. John Ignatius's sermon was on sinful, faithful, and heroic human fathers, in particular...]]></description><link>https://storybookscribbles.wixsite.com/storybookscribbles/single-post/2018/03/20/let-not-your-hearts-be-troubled</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fe35ca47a78fc00177f52fe</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2018 18:00:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/36bafd6d606942d5b79881ad04ce8bcc.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>George Xavier</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good News of Great Joy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Happy St. Joseph's Day! St. Joseph played an immensely important role on my Eight Day, especially beginning on his feast day, but last...]]></description><link>https://storybookscribbles.wixsite.com/storybookscribbles/single-post/2018/03/19/good-news-of-great-joy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fe35ca47a78fc00177f52f9</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2018 04:04:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3cddf7cd87394fe089d6519705e94763.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_797,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>George Xavier</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stand Your Ground]]></title><description><![CDATA[Across the page from my first meditation of the day - a repetition of Mark 10:46-52, was Mark 10:13-15, Let the children come to me......]]></description><link>https://storybookscribbles.wixsite.com/storybookscribbles/single-post/2018/03/18/stand-your-ground</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fe35ca47a78fc00177f52ff</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2018 02:37:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0e10167f10cd42799d53050414de2471.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>George Xavier</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you want to be healed?]]></title><description><![CDATA[My apologies for the delayed post - I spent all day yesterday chaperoning a Catholic High School youth rally that I went to every year...]]></description><link>https://storybookscribbles.wixsite.com/storybookscribbles/single-post/2018/03/18/do-you-want-to-be-healed</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fe35ca47a78fc00177f52fc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2018 20:24:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2c181f2f172d430ab5073daf3915bc21.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>George Xavier</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>