Tend to Your Bridges
I've figured out that the key to living the life God has called me to live is believing everything He has to say about me. It requires me to believe...
#BISsisterhood Link-Up // RECONCILIATION
Today we are talking about RECONCILIATION. Lent is a perfect time to work on reconciliation. Most importantly, we achieve it with God in the sacrament of Reconciliation, where we are...
The Proper Perspective
Is there anything more beautiful than shimmering fresh snow on a sunny morning? I thought to myself. My next thought fast-forwards to Spring and an amazing thing I learned about...
#BISsisterhood Link-Up // SACRIFICE
Today we are talking about SACRIFICE. "More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope." (Romans 5: 3-4)...
On Suffering
The world feels so heavy right now. People, families, nations. Sickness, death, evil that reaches beyond all restraint. Each of them adding weight as the world bows under the heaviness...
#BISsisterhood Link-Up // FAMILY
Today we are talking about FAMILY. February is the month in which the Church commemorates the Holy Family. As we close out this month, let's chat a bit about family...
When Pavement Ends
This sign sits in our front yard. Since it’s covered from view by a line of trees, I rarely glimpse it from the house. But whenever the boys want to...
#BISsisterhood Link-Up // MARRIAGE
Today we are talking about MARRIAGE. The second week of February was National Marriage Week, a week in which the bishops of our Church called on us to promote, strengthen,...
The Joy of 'Yes' Forever
When my husband and I were dating I can remember excitedly preparing for date nights, heading out and discovering the joy and simplicity of being in one another’s presence, becoming...
#BISsisterhood Link-Up // LENT
Today we are talking about LENT. Lent is a time to stop and reflect. It is a time to grow closer to Christ, through prayer and fasting, through abstinence and...
Making This Lent About God
For some reason, I have turned my Lenten preparations into the sole practice of eating way too many pancakes in a Church basement and making my grandmother's Mardi Gras cookies....
This Moment Matters
I know what it's like to go through seasons in the Church year and end with, "How are we already HERE?! What have I been doing the past few months?...
