My favorite grandparent was my mom's dad whom we called "Papa." A quiet, gentle soul, I always felt safe and...

The last time I had visited Mountain Charleston, I wasn’t a wife or a mother yet. This time, I stood,...

My stomach tightened into a hard, sick knot as the news flashed across the screen. Another tragedy of incomprehensible evil....

I walked into the first day of religion class at my Catholic high school. My eyes fell on the bulletin...

I exhaled, communicating my fatigue to my friend on the other end of the telephone. I was in strong throws...

Fear, shame, powerlessness, and hopelessness. For years, these were the four walls that surrounded me, with a roof of isolation...

I have a wall in our bedroom that I covered with pictures of quotes and one of them says, "I...

The wolves are circling. They cycle daily through screens that are full of hatred and mouths that are full of...

As I approached the line for Communion, I felt the words of the Gospel echo in my heart strongly inviting...

I’ve learned more than a few things from my dear friend, Beth Davis, so when she told me she was...

Did he just honk at me? I glanced over my shoulder to see a middle-aged man waving his hands impatiently...

Last summer felt like a whirlwind. After months of navigating the wildly hot housing market in our area, the Lord...

I met him at a concert. I immediately noticed his dark hair, dark eyes, and alluring smile. We became friends...

During my high school years, I developed the unhealthy habits of being judgmental towards others and gossiping. During this period,...

As I sat on the worn couch in the student lounge, my cheeks became red and I felt the others’...

"Then who can be saved?” Jesus looked at them and said, “For human beings it is impossible, but not for...

I was young, naïve, a little too overconfident in my virtue. One night, I’m ashamed to admit, I was tempted...