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Your Yes is Enough - Blessed Is She

Your Yes is Enough

Oh, John 3:16. I see it plastered on Forever 21 bags, In-N-Out cups, and Instagram bios everywhere. When I was just beginning to know the Lord, I proudly had everyone's...
June 11, 2017
Being Made Little in Love - Blessed Is She

Being Made Little in Love

I am writing this at my nine-year-old daughter's bedside in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. The last six weeks have been rough as we went from learning she had two...
June 10, 2017
Our Need of God - Blessed Is She

Our Need of God

I was talking to my mom recently about a foul mood that I could not shake. It lasted for days, and I was aware the whole time that there was...
June 09, 2017
Do All Dogs Go To Heaven? - Blessed Is She

Do All Dogs Go To Heaven?

Having served a Youth Minister for nine years, I have heard a lot of unique questions from many young people. Some of the most interesting ones have particularly been around...
June 07, 2017
Whose Image? - Blessed Is She

Whose Image?

“Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God,” we hear Jesus instruct in the Gospel today. This is a familiar line from Scripture, yet...
June 06, 2017
Fear Itself - Blessed Is She

Fear Itself

Blessed is the man who fears the Lord. (Psalm 112:1b) Fear. Not that scary kind of fear. Not that fear that makes you cower in the corner. You are not...
June 05, 2017
The Holy Father's (Not So Subtle) Kick in the Pants - Blessed Is She

The Holy Father's (Not So Subtle) Kick in the Pants

We were packed in like sardines—sweaty, exhausted, ravenous—yet, no one really minded. It was July 2002 in Toronto, Canada, at World Youth Day with then-Pope John Paul II. Mass was...
June 04, 2017
What's that Saying? Compare and Despair? - Blessed Is She

What's that Saying? Compare and Despair?

I have a great affection for the writer of today’s Gospel. Saint John the Beloved Disciple earned said title when he gave it to himself while writing about himself in...
June 03, 2017
Countercultural Christianity - Blessed Is She

Countercultural Christianity

“Instead they had some issues with him about their own religion, and about a certain Jesus who had died.” (Acts 25:19) Imagine, 2,000 years ago, a ragtag collection of social...
June 02, 2017
Cautiously or Courageously? - Blessed Is She

Cautiously or Courageously?

Sometimes it just feels like a lose-lose situation. You find yourself in a conversation over social media, and no matter what position you hold, there is someone there to challenge...
June 01, 2017
Beer and Chicken Wings with a Side of Awesome - Blessed Is She

Beer and Chicken Wings with a Side of Awesome

I was on an anniversary vacation with my husband when my phone made the familiar “ding” in response to a text message. It simply read, “I know this is crazy,...
May 31, 2017
Compelled by the Spirit - Blessed Is She

Compelled by the Spirit

A night owl and city girl moved to a little convent in the country. She left behind a life she loved to follow the One she loved! Talk about following...
May 30, 2017