“Not today, Satan!” “Get behind me, Satan!” These have become popular phrases proclaimed by many Christians. But when we are...

A blind man is led to Jesus. He stands in silent darkness. The crowds beg Jesus to touch him. They...

“It’ll never happen,” I’d think to myself as the negative test rested firmly in my hand. Because I knew before...

Nothing fills me with more anxiety than contemplating the eventual adolescence and early adulthood of my five children. I remember...

Sometimes, poverty doesn’t look like people reaching their hands out asking for a meal. Sometimes, poverty is something that resides...

Today marks the due date of my fourth niece. Depending on when this little one actually chooses to arrive, my...

The movie Titanic came out when I was in the sixth grade, and I was the only one of my...

As I stared in the mirror, tears streaming down my face, I hated what I was seeing. There I was,...

Here we are, one month and a half into the new year. At the beginning of each year, I picture...

I’m a maker by nature. I love to take raw materials or half-baked ideas and bring them fully into existence....

Today’s feast might make some of us a bit squirmy. The beautiful feast of Our Lady of Lourdes is often...

There I sat: layers of warm clothing, a sloppy ponytail, a mermaid blanket on my lap, and a sick bucket...

I remember when I first looked, really looked, at Psalm 23. It was the day of the 2013 Boston marathon...

It was a very challenging time for me and I was struggling. I had been hurt deeply by the words...

When my friend called in tears, after suffering a terrible loss, I felt so sad and broken, as though I...

A few days ago I heard the most amazing thing while listening to a Catholic podcast that I love. The...

We all need deeper healing through the power of Jesus, but sometimes we're not aware as to how badly we...