I’ve always been the kind of person who doesn’t shy away from putting her heart on the line. Whether it’s...

August 9th never passes without remembering my brother-in-law. He was killed on this day ten years ago in a small...

I lowered my voice and slowly led the ladies in my coaching group through a visualization exercise. I invited them...

He wasn’t returning our phone calls or responding to our text messages. We called his brother and his employees but...

I often imagine my great-great grandmother courageously sailing to the United States with my great-great grandfather, an eighteen-month-old daughter, and...

I have a persistent, fluffy white shadow named Otto. His hundred-pound frame follows me from room to room, flopping with...

When I was first coming back to the faith, I was almost incredulous at the goodness and kindness of the...

Each summer of my childhood, my family and I would spend a week in July boat camping at Lake Powell....

I’m a realist, a glass-half-empty kind of woman, and if I’m not careful, I can formulate worst case scenarios in...

"The followers of John the Baptist took away his corpse, buried him, and went and told Jesus" (Matthew 14:12). “John...

“A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and in his own house” (Matthew 13:57). I slammed...

She sat across the desk from me, checking me in for an appointment. I’d never seen her before, and I...

I was driving in circles after leaving the adoration chapel near our home. My tears blurred the beauty of the...

I approached the Sacrament of Reconciliation with a heavy heart that I attributed to the sins that I would be...

I'd like to be the type of woman who has a real rhythm to her home-keeping. Rising, praying, preparing meals,...

My eight-year-old wants to fly. I don’t mean fly airplanes, I mean physically fly. Like a bird. For months she...

I’m sure I’m not alone in the struggle of not feeling grace. Of course there are extraordinary moments when the...