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What Are You Tenacious About?
Generally speaking, I’m an easygoing person. But in certain situations, I can be downright stubborn and tenacious. Take caffeine, for example. Each morning, I insist upon getting at least one...
Basketball & Boat Rides with Jesus
In fifth and sixth grade, I played basketball on our parish school CYO team. As one of the tallest girls, I almost always played center. My coach would remind my...
Quiet Your Heart and Listen to Him
The sun shone down brightly as I gripped the hand of my daughter. I glanced with exhilaration and yet terror down into the vast side canyon as we walked along...
Manna and Brussels Sprouts (God Knows Our Needs)
My daughter suspiciously eyed her zucchini as if it might jump into her mouth without her consent. Her sister sighed, dropping her fork on the table. “Not for me, thanks,”...
Jeremiah and John the Baptist
I am deeply moved by the courage that Jeremiah and John the Baptist shared, even as they lived many hundreds of years apart. The dictionary defines courage as “mental or...
Are You Rejected Because of Your Faith?
It happens in major and minor ways. You quickly bow your head to bless your food when out to dinner with friends and everyone stares awkwardly. You lose followers on...
Shaping the Pieces of My Life as I Wait
“Trusting in His timing,” I’d say with a keen smile and a nervous flick of the hand. It was my go-to response whenever someone questioned the childless state of my...
An Awakening, in the Little Moments
"Awake my Soul" by Mumford & Sons comes to mind today. "In these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will die / Where you invest your love, you...
A Little Leaven Goes a Long Way
Have you ever looked out at the world, then looked at yourself and thought, What can I possibly offer? We often doubt our impact. Or rather, God’s potential for impact...
On Strawberries and True Generosity
Last August was a monumental month for me: after years of scrimping and saving until I could finally manage a down payment, I finally purchased my very own home. It...
Focus on the Wheat
Every spring, our yard is full of dandelions. Every organic control method we have tried has failed—the dandelions keep coming back with indomitable persistence. The children love to pick them...
The Rich Soil of Our Souls
The parable in today’s Gospel is one that can be so familiar to us that we zone out halfway through reading or hearing it. (Matthew 13:18-23) But let’s take a...
