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Spiritually Awakened
Today I am emotionally exhausted, but spiritually awakened. My day started watching the news revealing the destruction of a hurricane, followed by an email about a sophomore in college on...
Need Grace to Amend Your Life?
One night, during my freshman year of college, my best friend and I got into an epic argument because he was tired of my “disappointing” behavior. “You’re getting to the...
Choose His Mercy, Choose Repentance
Should I go to Confession this week? I see Father is sitting in the confessional and the line isn't that long . . . but I just went last month....
Sitting in the Dark, Loins in the Wind
When I was a child, we took a vacation to Cape Cod and stayed in an old house right on the beach. My favorite spot was a tiny attic on...
Gift to You and from You
One of my top love languages is gift-giving. I love to put a lot of thought into what I give someone I care about. I want them to feel—to know—it...
Never Too Much for Scripture to Handle
Recently I attended a barbell class at my local gym. We were doing power presses in rapid succession and, with the music blaring and the teacher encouraging us to more,...
Holy Spirit, Thespian Trips, and the Year 2000
"[D]o not worry about how or what your defense will be or about what you are to say. For the Holy Spirit will teach you at that moment what you...
What Is Set Before You
Many years ago, I served as a missionary for a Catholic ministry. During our training, one of the things I frequently heard was that while we were called to go...
King of My Heart
“It must feel so good to be received,” a friend observed as I recounted a conversation with someone I met in an airport. We were in awe over how I...
Consoling the Sacred Heart of Jesus
The sun was shining, but it did little to console the coldness I felt in my heart. I watched my best guy friend (and secret crush) talk and laugh with...
I Ate All the Cookies
“Just one more cookie, mom! Please?!” my toddler begged in the middle of our family prayer meeting. “I ate my whole dinner!” “You already had a cookie, sweetheart.” “But there...
Apostleship Here and Now
"Sing to the Lord a new song" (Psalm 98:1). I awaken this morning with a heart full of expectation. I know that I am a vessel of His. I know...