The Way
You are standing at a fork in the road with two possible paths. One way leads to paradise, the other to devastation. As you are, you cannot know which path...
Weekly Wallpaper // 32
Today's free weekly wallpaper features a verse from today's second reading, Hebrews 4:16, So let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and to find grace for...
#BISsisterhood Link-Up // GOD'S TIMING
Today we are talking about GOD'S TIMING. Our ideas about when and how things should take place don't always coincide with God's ideas. When has this occurred in your life...
Why I Said YES to Having Kids Right Away
When we first got married (3 years ago this past August), my husband, Matt, and I had been instructed in depth how to chart my fertility cycles and were prepared...
All in His Time
The first time I met the child of a friend, my heart yearned uncomfortably for a baby of my own. It was painful, and there were tears… but, it wasn’t...
Weekly Wallpaper // 31
Life is full of unknowns, of turns and curves and unexpected paths. Sometimes it's darker and sometimes it's lighter. It can be difficult to know which way to go, it...
#BISsisterhood Link-Up // LIVING FAITH
Today we are talking about LIVING FAITH. Having faith is more than just an interior disposition of the heart. Faith is meant to be LIVED. How are you living it...
The Cross of Life
It is the ultimate paradox. A scandal, really. In Roman times, the cross was the greatest image of humiliation, of torture, of criminals, of death. It was bloody and horrifying...
Holiness NOW
The parts I play in my head rarely look like the life I lead in my home. In my brain I serve my children quinoa and granola, knit the days...
#BISsisterhood Link-Up // WHOLENESS
Today we are talking about WHOLENESS. “We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures. We are the sum of the Father’s love for us and our real capacity...
A Simple Prayer
Imagine peering through a magnifying glass at a small object, a leaf or a flower. The impulse of the human condition is to look closely, ever more closely at this...
