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All the Answers
I don’t remember her name, but I can still picture the freckles on her nose and the tight curls of her black hair. She was sharing about her life. An...
Who and Whose
My great-great-grandmother feeds a donkey with a large glass bottle in a photograph. She stands in front of a fence, a breeze from behind billowing her long, dark dress. Her...
Misunderstandings, Mercy, and the Heart of Jesus
We sat together at our assigned table, sharing stories to build that specific kind of intimacy that grows between strangers on retreat weekends. One woman, a psychologist, shared about a...
Crosses, Laughter, and Esther
The Saint Luke’s Pray and Play Group includes young moms, empty nesters, and grandmas. We drink coffee, pass out Goldfish crackers, and pray, laugh, and cry together. Besides the time...
Shaped After God or Me?
In college I studied literary theory and learned how to read texts through various lenses. Each lens had the power to change the story’s themes and the relationships between characters....
These Life-Giving Lessons
It was a small town Friday night football game, and the stadium was packed. The crowds sang along as the marching band played the school song, their noses peeking out...
What's He Revealing to You?
We walked in silence except for the rustling of heavy skirts. The chapel lights were dim with candles adding extra soft light. We genuflected and entered the pews; prayer books...
Sweats, Surprises, and Getting Ready for Jesus
I pulled on my sweats and gathered my laptop, planner, and water bottle. It was the end of a long day so I wanted to be comfy, but I was...
I'm the One Who Needed Healing
For years I prayed for healing for my son. God had already granted him one miracle, by bringing him back to life after being pulseless for sixty-one minutes, but my...
Fight Back Against the Lies and Doubt
The afternoon sun collaborated with the stained glass windows, throwing color across the wooden pew that I slipped into. I knelt and stared at the tabernacle. After a long silence,...
The Weight of His Sorrow
"The followers of John the Baptist took away his corpse, buried him, and went and told Jesus" (Matthew 14:12). “John has died. He was beheaded by Herod.” Are these the...
Look at Her with Love
She sat across the desk from me, checking me in for an appointment. I’d never seen her before, and I studied her as she entered the data. She was thin,...
