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A New Look at Creation - Blessed Is She

A New Look at Creation

“This was he of whom I said, ‘The one who is coming after me ranks ahead of me because he existed before me.'" // John 1:15 I must admit that...
December 31, 2021
Show Me the Truth, Don't Tell Me It - Blessed Is She

Show Me the Truth, Don't Tell Me It

"Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?" At that time Jesus cured many of their diseases, sufferings, and evil spirits; he also granted...
December 15, 2021
First Say No - Blessed Is She

First Say No

I remember when my parents decided to start tithing in our church. I remember it clearly because they increased our allowance slightly as well and suggested that we give a...
November 22, 2021
Finding Our Way Back to the Path - Blessed Is She

Finding Our Way Back to the Path

I took a deep breath and tried to focus on the needs of the individual across the table from me. I had thus far succeeded in shutting out the sounds...
November 18, 2021
What's Your Role in the Circumstances? - Blessed Is She

What's Your Role in the Circumstances?

Did he just honk at me? I glanced over my shoulder to see a middle-aged man waving his hands impatiently and pointing at my husband’s truck. I took a deep...
October 15, 2021
Our Friends, the Angels - Blessed Is She

Our Friends, the Angels

“Just ignore her talk about angels and everything. She is sort of weird.” That is the only comment about angels I remember hearing as a child; I sort of lumped...
September 29, 2021
For the World's Sorrows - Blessed Is She

For the World's Sorrows

My heart ached for them. A family I loved was fractured and breaking under weight of personal sin. My job was simply to love them through it. I couldn’t fix...
September 15, 2021
The More We Love - Blessed Is She

The More We Love

The sparse hospice room was lit with filtered light, and the hall was empty. There was only the sound of the shallow breath of my loved one laying near, his...
August 30, 2021
Reconciliation Can Be Found - Blessed Is She

Reconciliation Can Be Found

I was shaking with self-righteous furry as I looked at the text thread. Did he really just say that? How could a grown man put those words together in a...
August 12, 2021
Wondrous Deeds for You - Blessed Is She

Wondrous Deeds for You

A friend told my husband that we had changed. He didn’t say it as though it was a good thing. Since my conversion we had become "too religious." I think...
July 13, 2021
Jesus Said It Three Times - Blessed Is She

Jesus Said It Three Times

Do not be afraid. Do not be afraid. Do not be afraid. Jesus says this three times in today’s Gospel, Matthew 10:24-33. When Jesus says things once we should listen....
July 10, 2021
Remain Hopeful and Be Encouraged - Blessed Is She

Remain Hopeful and Be Encouraged

Many years ago, someone close to me was involved in a serious car accident. It changed her life dramatically as she suffered a closed-head injury as well as other serious...
June 07, 2021