Devotions
Family Movie Night, Popcorn, and Complete Joy
Not too long ago my family sat in our small family room, a fire crackling and a movie playing. We enjoyed popcorn and everyone snuggled in their pjs together. The...
Baby Steps to Joy
It’s one of those days when everything feels like a slog. Nothing is really wrong; I’m not struggling with any large illness or emotional catastrophe (thank goodness). It’s just one...
Love Changes the World
Tomorrow, I am going to a wedding. It’s not a Catholic wedding. They aren’t believers. Most of my friends aren’t. I’m the odd one, the aberration. The thoroughly modern, normal,...
The Way, the Truth, Our Love
In a day when the mantra of “you do you” reigns supreme, it can be hard to stand up each Sunday, recite the words of the creed, and then go...
The Problem With Fruit
For many years I had a problem with fruit. I know that sounds strange, but every time the word "fruit" or "fruitful" appears in a Scripture reading I just want...
Whatever It Takes
Something insane happened in this first reading and the author of Acts is acting like it’s no big deal. Can somebody please explain to me how a man who was...
Looking Intently
I am struck by the dichotomous nature of today’s First Reading. In the begin of the story, we hear of Saints Paul and Barnabas being forcefully driven out of Iconium...
A Gospel for Gardeners
A few months ago I received a plant as a gift. It came in one of those plastic pots that you might find in the floral section of your grocery...
Called to Transformation
My Catholic faith is a simple fact of who I am. I go to Mass; I pray; I don’t eat meat on Fridays; I spend time with Scripture. These are...
He Is the Way
As a child, I alphabetized my books on the shelf, kept a detailed inventory of my Halloween candy, and organized my socks by color. I grew into an adult who...
The Difference of a Grateful Smile
A guest needed to pick up some things that had been shipped to the wrong address, and there was no one else available to take her when I received a...
The Gifts of Christian Life
While a cradle Catholic, there have been times in my life I have taken my faith for granted. It wasn't until college that my faith was not just the faith...
