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Snicky Snacks and the Presence of God
I don't know about you, but I am a firm believer that good snacks are a necessary part of a road trip. When planning a road trip, I am always...
Mother Teresa, Widows, and Giving All We Have
One of my earliest memories as a little girl was watching a documentary on the work of Mother Teresa from the 1970s in my grandma's living room. I was captured...
Purple & Paying Attention
What was your favorite color as a little girl? That is easy for me. It was, and remained for a long time, purple. When I was seven, my parents bought...
Shark Fears & Boat Rides with Jesus
The first (and only!) time I saw the movie Jaws, I completely freaked out. A giant killer shark with eerie background music; that was enough to make any of us...
Kitchen Heart-to-Heart Chats & Spirit Testing 101
I stood in the kitchen of a friend on a rainy October night, fighting back tears. I was making a decision in freedom on whether to end a year-long relationship....
Bring Peace and Justice
From the time I was a little girl, I had an innate sense of justice, when things were right or wrong. I would quickly point out if something was fair...
Following Jesus Has a Cost
Lent 2019 proved to be one of the most trying, difficult Lenten seasons of my adult life. Fresh off a dating break-up, I was working through big feelings and loneliness....
Calling, Chains, and Fruit
Whenever I hear readings from the Pauline Letters, I think of a certain graduate school professor I had, Father Cassidy. He was known for teaching on the Pauline Letters. A...
Stop Grasping and Start Kingdom Living
For most of my growing-up years into my late twenties, I believed I would "live my best life" when I had all the things I hoped for. You know what...
Oxen Pulling & Farming with Jesus
About two years ago, I was working through some life frustration and loneliness. In the quiet of prayer, God gave me an image to sit with. Two oxen were pulling...
