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The Gift of Creation
I’m a maker by nature. I love to take raw materials or half-baked ideas and bring them fully into existence. When I am watching a movie, you’ll find me knitting....
Throwing Elbows and Hoping to Be Healed
Today’s feast might make some of us a bit squirmy. The beautiful feast of Our Lady of Lourdes is often marked with meditations on the miraculous healing accomplished by Christ,...
So Lovable, So Valuable
There I sat: layers of warm clothing, a sloppy ponytail, a mermaid blanket on my lap, and a sick bucket in my hands. My husband had just tucked in the...
Walking With Those Who Suffer
I remember when I first looked, really looked, at Psalm 23. It was the day of the 2013 Boston marathon bombings, a day of horrifying carnage and death. Looking for...
Love Continues Beyond It All
It was a very challenging time for me and I was struggling. I had been hurt deeply by the words and actions of someone whom I loved. A friend sat...
He's Got What I Need
When my friend called in tears, after suffering a terrible loss, I felt so sad and broken, as though I had nothing to offer to comfort her. Being thousands of...
This Wild, Charming Love for You and Me
A few days ago I heard the most amazing thing while listening to a Catholic podcast that I love. The priest speaking was giving a mediation on the Incarnation and...
His Healing Power Is Personal to You
We all need deeper healing through the power of Jesus, but sometimes we're not aware as to how badly we need it. After my divorce, my heart was illuminated to...
Tenderhearted Mercy in the Tundra
The wind is howling outside, bitter and well below-zero. The house creaks now and then against the strong gusts that rush to batter its walls. They threaten to sneak in...
Your Existence Is a Masterpiece
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I dedicated you, a prophet to the nations I appointed you." (Jeremiah 1:4-5) The first time...
Finding Holy Courage in the Widow's Story
Today is the feast of the Presentation of the Lord, which always makes me think of the Sacrament of Baptism. When I read about Jesus' Presentation, memories of my children’s...
Parables of Middle Earth and Medieval Norway
I had a Sunday Catholic childhood. I had a fallen away Catholic late teens/early twenties. But by my thirties, Catholic had become the defining characteristic of my life, personally and...
