I stared out the window as tiny flakes of ash fell from a smoky sky. Living in California, you become...

We're inching closer to Advent, a season that always reminds me to be open to any surprises the Lord might...

Earlier in Luke’s gospel, we read about Jesus’ disciples asking Him to explain a parable (Luke 8:11-15). He does, but...

I intended to simply pass through the piazza in Rome after a nice cup of gelato when I noticed a...

Hands folded on the kitchen table, I sat bleary eyed staring at the scratches on its wooden surface. I was...

I think most of us can read today’s Second Reading from Saint Paul’s letter to the Thessalonians (1 Thessalonians 5:1-6)...

I was seated at a round table in the fellowship hall of a local church, my hands wrapped around the...

I ran my fingers along the old railing, reverently tracing the history etched deep into the wood grain. I’d been...

In my thirties, I was engaged briefly to a man who, as it turns out, had a very serious drinking...

The heat from my body radiated as I stormed into the church pew. I knelt down on the kneeler. On...

Dear Saint Paul, It’s 2020, and I need a little chat with you regarding this letter you wrote to Saint...

My eyes darted between the descending steps and the sweeping sunset as I skipped toward the bus and away from...

I pulled on my sweats and gathered my laptop, planner, and water bottle. It was the end of a long...

Saint Paul boasts in his letter to the Philippians 4:10-19 that he knows how to live in every circumstance and...

I really need to be prudent, I told myself. My college friends and I were traveling to Poland during our...

My husband was at odds with the Church when we began dating. His issue stemmed from the priest at his...

Lent 2019 proved to be one of the most trying, difficult Lenten seasons of my adult life. Fresh off a...