Perhaps it began in childhood, while singing “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands.” Maybe it grew during long...

I have nearly died three times in my life. I was almost aborted, experienced a break-in, and survived a rollover...

I am a modern day Jonah. Before you spit out your morning drink, sputtering about how ridiculous a comparison that...

The warm wind blew her silver hair across her face, a beautiful face with dark deep-set eyes and a map...

The scars glared back at me from the mirror, and I remembered how they had once been open wounds in...

“Well, you see, I’m divorced.” The explanation was said to a small group of women, all of us new to...

My Beloved, Never forget that you exist within a physical and spiritual world. You are made in the image and...

Every year, I ask the Lord for a word of the year, and this year the Lord put very clearly...

The green grass was soft under my bare feet, and the hot sun beat down on my tanned arms and...

“Just ignore her talk about angels and everything. She is sort of weird.” That is the only comment about angels...

My husband stood in the yard. A whispered prayer fell from his lips as he looked at the sunset. He...

I still remember the first time I joined my mother’s missionary group in the Dominican Republic. After full days of...

One of the enemy's favorite lies to tell us—especially women—is that we are merely tolerated. We may have a few...

My household consists of my patient and kind husband, my two basketball-playing and computer-loving sons, and one loyal rescue dog....

Take courage, sister. There is nothing to fear. I can easily think of experiences in my life in which I...

Just last week I wrote out my plan for the next few days. Putting pencil to hot pink copy paper,...

Shortly after graduating college, I felt a tug from the Spirit to ask my new parish if I could start...