My mother, a retired Catholic school teacher, once told me about a Christmas pageant gone wrong. For the big performance,...

My heart raced as I tapped the return key to publish a post on social media. It shouldn't be this...

Why is it so hard to love one another? Loving each other is what God commands us to do in...

I am a rule follower by nature. It seems to be woven into my DNA. For a very brief time...

Snip! I held the garden clippers in my hand and watched the branch drop to the ground amongst the fallen...

My pen scratched furiously over the pad of paper on my lap. I was trying to get down all my...

I wish someone had whispered into my ear on my baptismal day long ago: Just so you know, it’s okay...

When I was a little girl, I felt so free to dream! I would tell everyone I wanted to be...

"What do you want to do when you are well?" my new doctor asked me. I had gone through the...

A crucifix hangs above my window. It is the first thing I see when I wake up. When I wake...

My great-great-grandmother feeds a donkey with a large glass bottle in a photograph. She stands in front of a fence,...

The phone rang, and I saw her name. I was tempted to let it go to voicemail. My friend was...

It was always a treat to go to the mall with my mom. Walking to store after store, stopping for...

Multiple times in the Gospels, Jesus uses the example of shepherds and their relationship with their flock in parables in...

Stanley Rother grew up in Oklahoma, a hearty farm kid who knew the value of hard, manual labor. He wanted...

The intensifying belief that having a large following, book, ministry, or microphone is the only way to make an impact...

The conversion of Saint Paul is one of the most epic plot twists in the Bible. If you combined the...