Our Holy Father
He said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name . . . .” // Luke 11:2 It’s the third prayer I learned how to pray, after...
Bring Yourself and That’s Enough
With what shall I come before the Lord? // Micah 6:6 We rescued the statue from the clearance pile, Jesus and His Sacred Heart tossed among the concrete turtles and...
Bearing Fruit
"It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain." // John 15:16 I shouldn’t have been...
Laboring for the Ones He Loves
“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few.” // Luke 10:2 All my cousin wanted was a pumpkin pie, and there I was, three days before Christmas, frantically running...
Honored by Him
Dishes had been washed, laundry folded, kitchen cleaned, house tidied, all after a long day of work. I just wanted watch an episode of some stupid sitcom before going to...
Changed By His Voice
It was always a treat to go to the mall with my mom. Walking to store after store, stopping for a hot pretzel at Auntie Anne’s, maybe picking up Chick-Fil-A...
Best Flowers, Best Oil, Best Friend
My dad sends my mom flowers every other week. The arrangements are simple, a dozen roses, some daisies, or her favorite, hydrangeas. But every other week, usually on Monday or...
We Go Last
My sense of justice was quite strong as a kid, which is why in the third grade I reminded my teacher that the boys had left the classroom first for...
Firmly Rooted in His Love
The flight landed late, and for the life of me I couldn’t remember where I parked the car. After nearly a half hour of searching, furiously punching the key-fob as...
