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We are Not in this Alone - Blessed Is She

We are Not in this Alone

Do you have a Paul or Timothy in your life? Someone who is filled with the Spirit? From whom God’s love just overflows? Today I had the gift of attending...
October 31, 2014
The Battlefield. The Battle. The Gear. - Blessed Is She

The Battlefield. The Battle. The Gear.

We all have a battle we are facing. The Enemy ultimately is always the same: that little rascal snake. The hardest battle in our lives we face is choosing Christ...
October 30, 2014
The Response - Blessed Is She

The Response

If you were fortunate enough to make it to Mass today (I was not), you heard this Psalm refrain: The Lord is faithful in all his words (Psalm 145: 13...
October 29, 2014
The Household of God - Blessed Is She

The Household of God

  Full disclosure: some days I have no clue how to run a household. My husband and I have one house, two jobs, and three kids to take care of....
October 28, 2014
A Seamless Love - Blessed Is She

A Seamless Love

Were you ever that kid in class? You know the one I mean; the one with all the questions and the smart retorts. The one who always knew better than...
October 26, 2014
Grace and Gardens - Blessed Is She

Grace and Gardens

“Let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure. Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good” Luke 13:8 In today’s...
October 25, 2014
Attentive to the Simple Things - Blessed Is She

Attentive to the Simple Things

  I smiled at Jesus's words to the crowds: "When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, 'A shower is coming'; and so it happens....
October 24, 2014
Who is First? - Blessed Is She

Who is First?

  After a day of playing in the crashing waves, we washed up in the public shower as best one can when trying to wash sand off while still wearing...
October 23, 2014
Open Wide the Doors to Christ - Blessed Is She

Open Wide the Doors to Christ

Have you ever stopped to wonder—to truly wonder—how people shared news 2000 years ago? There were no social media networks, no television programs, and no smart phones. There were no...
October 22, 2014
Seeking Peace - Blessed Is She

Seeking Peace

  I don’t know about you, but lately I’ve had so much to do. I have a sink full of dishes, piles of laundry, a stack of homework, long hours...
October 21, 2014
A Detached Life - Blessed Is She

A Detached Life

  18 And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods....
October 20, 2014
He Knows Your Name - Blessed Is She

He Knows Your Name

Have you ever seen the movie The Prince of Egypt? It is based on the Exodus account of Moses and his liberation of the Hebrews from slavery to the Egyptians,...
October 19, 2014