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Healed and Restored // International Women's Day

Healed and Restored // International Women's Day

Every March since 1911, International Women’s Day has been held around the world. This is a very important and necessary recognition of the needs and struggles of women and girls....
Reflecting On The End of The Liturgical Year

Reflecting On The End of The Liturgical Year

We can learn a lot from the wisdom of autumn. After a big celebration of colors, the trees let go of their leaves because they are no longer needed. Fall...
RETURN Series // The Father's Timeless Embrace

RETURN Series // The Father's Timeless Embrace

A Father Who Never Tires of Calling Us Back To Him Thankfully, God went looking for me, and like we read in Luke 15 in the Parable of the Lost Sheep,...
RETURN Series // The Dwelling Place of Friendship

RETURN Series // The Dwelling Place of Friendship

“In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places.” // John 14:2 The “many dwelling places” in this verse always remind me of all the different seasons in my own...
Wisdom From Our Mothers

Wisdom From Our Mothers

Growing up with a mom who loved being a wife and a mother was a blessing and a privilege. Most of everything I know comes from this amazing, unselfish woman...
The Transformational Power of Suffering

The Transformational Power of Suffering

Even though suffering is such a big part of all of our lives on this side of heaven, no one necessarily likes talking about suffering. As if we don’t talk about...
comparison thief of joy

The Cure for Comparison

Comparison is like a thief that comes in the middle of the night to steal your joy. Whenever we compare ourselves to another person we basically allow the thief in...
how to evangelize

Steadfast in Sharing Your Faith

By nature, human beings are storytellers. Stories have the power to connect us to one another more than anything else. They can help us understand who we are. We shouldn’t...
motherhood in midlife

The Midlife Series // A Foot in Two Seasons

Welcome to our series on the beautiful midlife season! We will explore all the blessings, challenges, and changes that accompany this time in a woman's life, from the physical, to...
what is toxic shame

The Problem with Toxic Shame

In His goodness, God has turned the shame I carried all my life into His fame. He has made me into a survivor with a purpose: to let men and...
holy thursday priesthood

My Spiritual Father, My Priest

My own earthly father (whom I love very much) was, out of his own brokenness, ill-equipped to be a spiritual father. Growing up, my dad claimed he didn’t believe in...
The Link Between Trauma + Mental Health

The Link Between Trauma + Mental Health

Mental illness doesn’t discriminate. It touches the lives of people in every corner of society: from the homeless and unemployed to builders and doctors, reality stars and sports figures. And,...