Devotions
A Visitation Moment
On Ash Wednesday / Valentine's Day I found myself en route to work, hot tears stinging my eyes as I mulled over the end of a fledgling relationship. I pulled...
A Disciple Faux Pas
I was about five years old when I proudly announced at a family party that smoking turns lungs black and Grandma may die from her smoking habit. Surely my Mom...
Like a Fine Wine
We’ve walked through the desert, we have joyfully celebrated the Resurrection of our Lord, and we are back to Ordinary time. Did you learn anything on your journey this year?...
Deeper Intimacy with Jesus
The rich young man from today’s Gospel (Mark 10:17-27) and I have a lot more in common than I’d like to admit. I've always struggled with being a people pleaser,...
Go and Make Disciples
My son is the world’s most inquisitive observer and its biggest skeptic. He is perpetually certain that his questions will collapse centuries-old arguments. How could that happen? How can this...
Rebukers Gonna Rebuke
A lot of things have changed in the two thousand years since Jesus lived on Earth. But getting rebuked for bringing children to Jesus has, unfortunately, stood the test of...
No Means No
I dance around it all of the time. “Mayyyybe,” I’ll say with a twinge of hesitation. “Perhaps,” I’ll respond with uncertainty. “Let me check my schedule,” I’ll declare with ambiguity....
Pass the Salt
Happy Thursday. It’s the ordinary-est of days. It’s the first week back to Ordinary time after weeks of rending our hearts, weeks of feasting and rejoicing during Easter, and that...
United in His Name
When I was in intensive training to become a Montessori teacher, I was amazed by the powerful unity and friendship that my classmates and I felt with one another. One...
Have You Exhausted Your Lovers?
Have you exhausted your lovers? The Lord’s question threw me off guard, but I knew exactly what He meant. In prayer, I stood before Him for the first time in...
Go Where He Leads Us
This year, the feast of Pentecost has a special meaning to me because my daughter will be receiving her Confirmation. I can't help but look at her with tears in...
Encountering God in the Ordinary
What did you do yesterday? Do you have to pull out your Blessed is She Liturgical Planner to remember (because I do)? Whom did you have conversations with over text,...
