James Nugent

People fear putting the reason and or faith to a test because it seems to intolerable for there to be ambiguity in our world view....

Kayaking like most extreme sports is potentially fatal. The hazards are too numerous to list here. However, with proper instruction and equipment the hazards can be minimalized. This book is not meant to be any kind of instruction. It is only a general discussion....

The Scripture said something like, “pray always.” It was a strange concept. How could a person pray all the minutes of the day? It was a bit of a mystery to me which I would not resolve for another 25 years....

This book is a slice of my life. In most ways my life has been rather normal, and in a few ways, it has been extraordinary. I figure I am in the last two decades of my life....

What follows is a frank discussion about the Catholic view of sin....

I went down to the West Bay Marina and viewed the mess which my boat had become. Eight months ago, it was jammed full of belongings which I couldn't store at my new home....

This little booklet is an attempt to illuminate the Catholic Christian way of facing pain and transform it into a useful and productive time in life....

In the fall of 2015 I saw an advertisement on the Port of Olympia web site. It was looking for volunteers to serve on the Olympia Harbor Patrol. In exchange for a year commitment....

In the fall of 2014, a friend ended up being involuntary committed for a two-week stay in a mental health treatment center....

Someone might ask, "Why all the prayer?" I pray a minimum of 10 times a day because it is the right thing to do, and it does incredibly good things to me....

No survival kit can guarantee one's survival. However, if one were to gather these very portable items...their odds of surviving an emergency would be greatly increased....

When devout Catholics marry, they marry for life. They promise each other and God that they will not enter into another marriage until one of them dies....

It took the full six weeks for us to move. I took 33 Ford Focus carloads and four full pickup trucks to move all our stuff to our new apartment....

I do suggest you use this short story as food for thought. Even one new idea can make all the difference....

Perhaps thousands of beginning writers every year get discouraged and never write or publish their first book....

I have spent decades trying to get closer to God. Since I was 20 years old; I have been aware of our loving God longing to be with us....

In the beginning I used to let my Protestant friends off the hook. They would bash Catholicism while I would say nothing....

I was paddling hard with the wind and waves coming across my port bow....

Kayaking at night has its rewards and hazards. Low visibility takes a sport and turns it into an extremely isolating, yet empowering, experience....

In January 2014 I stumbled upon an announcement that the South Sound Estuary Association was looking for volunteer beach naturalist....