Fr. David Stavarz, Author at Word on Fire

Fr. David Stavarz

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Fr. David Stavarz is a priest of the Diocese of Cleveland and the pastor of Holy Family Parish in Parma—home of pierogi and lawn flamingos. He is passionate about learning, music, snowboarding, hiking, good bourbon, and loving and serving the Lord.

Encountering Humanity and God in the Heights and Depths of Creation

‘The Terminal List’ and the Wildfire of Revenge

Lessons from the Slopes: Arrogance, Apathy, and Virtue

Hope in the Holy Spirit in Kutless’ “Words of Fire”

Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” and the Return to Eden

On Christianity, Tolerance, and the Need to “Coexist”

My First Year of Priesthood: Scandals, Viruses, and the Holy Spirit

“Black Mirror,” COVID-19, Isolation, and the Scourge of Pornography

Killswitch Engage and Redemptive Suffering

Christians Need To Recover Fasting: Intercession

Christians Need to Recover Fasting: Reorientation

Christians Can’t Just Love Their Neighbor

Damascus Catholic Mission Campus: An Encounter with Transformative, Missionary Youth Ministry

Road Trips and the Journey of the Mass

Art of the Struggle: Underoath’s “Erase Me”

Truth and Challenge in the New ‘A Perfect Circle’ Singles

Tool’s “Right in Two”: A Reflection on Original Sin

The Danger of Talking Over Others

Marathon Running and the Spiritual Life

Vinyl Records and Going To Mass

Christianity Without the Crucifixion is Not Christianity

“Logan” and the Necessity of Fatherhood

Frank Turner’s Secular Gospel: The Beauty of Humanity

What Roller Coaster Renovation Can Tell Us About Church Reform

The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Victory of Heaven

NF’s “Mansion”, Suffering, and Effective Evangelization

Christopher Nolan’s ‘Interstellar’, Virtuous Humanity, and the Communion of Saints

Of Beauty and Rage: Red, St. Augustine, and the Human Condition