“Lunchtime!” my employees called, clamoring for the door. I’d offered to host a farewell lunch for our team member who’d...

"I'm never coming back to this school again!!" she yelled at me, tears streaming down her five-year-old face. "I'm going...

Often in my spiritual life I pray as if I’m asking the same question as the disciples in today’s Gospel,...

Very few people have inspired me more on my faith journey than Pope Saint John Paul II. He has been...

If I could go back to any moment in history, I would want to be present on this night in...

The first (and only!) time I saw the movie Jaws, I completely freaked out. A giant killer shark with eerie...

I have always told people back home that post-grade life in D.C. is like living in “the land of the...

As I paced my tiny office, an internal argument was raging. It’s none of my business. She already said everything...

I remember sitting across from the priest. I had just unloaded some pretty heavy stuff. He looked at me with...

Today we read: “The community of believers was of one heart and mind” (Acts 4:32). Looking around me, I can’t...

God writes our stories. Past, present, and future. He's the best author, amen?! But it's also okay to question why...

Jetlagged from traveling five thousand miles and exhausted from standing on cobblestones from 6pm to 6am, we finally made it...

"Go into the whole world and proclaim the Gospel to every creature" (Mark 16:15). I laughed uneasily. Would it be...

I held back tears behind my closed door. I had been home less than a day and had lost it...

"You are witnesses of these things" (Luke 24:48). The disciples were astonished as Jesus approached them. The crucifixion had come...

I remember towards the end of a phone call with my friend, she said, “Let's pray!” We blessed ourselves over...

My friend once relayed how startling it was to her when, after suddenly losing a close family member, her young...