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BIS Reads // Habits for Holiness - Blessed Is She

BIS Reads // Habits for Holiness

In the afternoon between 2-4 p.m. you can find me in a rocking chair, holding my daughter, and reading a book. I know... I’m supposed to be on a tight...
Building Cultural Memory - Blessed Is She

Building Cultural Memory

In my years teaching in public schools, I started to notice a subtle but steady presence of cultural orphan mentality. I talked with 5th graders who did not know anything...
Weekly Wallpaper // 310 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 310

The Lord is kind and merciful. // Psalm 103:1 Love this from today's readings. Let His word dwell in us richly, sisters. Download your F R E E wallpapers right...
The Many Masks We Wear - Blessed Is She

The Many Masks We Wear

Adoration offers time for deep, focused meditation. I often close my eyes. Sometimes, I have visions or dream-like encounters that I believe are guided by the Holy Spirit. Recently, I...
Weekly Wallpaper // 309 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 309

Blessed are they who hope in the Lord. // Psalm 1:1 Love this from today's readings. Let His word dwell in us richly, sisters. Download your F R E E...
Weekly Wallpaper // 308 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 308

After he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch.” // Luke 5:4 Love this from today's readings. Let...
Weekly Wallpaper // 307 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 307

It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. // 1 Corinthians 13:7-8 Love this from today's readings. Let His word dwell in...
The Relationship Between Personal Holiness and Social Wholeness - Blessed Is She

The Relationship Between Personal Holiness and Social Wholeness

I attended a retreat for women writers in 2008 and had the privilege to study under Kentucky’s poet laureate at the time, Jane Gentry Vance. She shared thoughts on poetry...
Weekly Wallpaper // 306 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 306

Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life. // Psalm 19:8 Love this from today's readings. Let His word dwell in us richly, sisters. Download your F R E E wallpapers...
Weekly Wallpaper // 305 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 305

You shall be a glorious crown in the hand of the LORD, a royal diadem held by your God. // Isaiah 62:3 Love this from today's readings. Let His word...
My Friend(s), Chiara - Blessed Is She

My Friend(s), Chiara

The Saints, at times, have been difficult for me to connect with. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve seen the powerful intercession of many great Saints at work in my life,...
Weekly Wallpaper // 304 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 304

The Lord will bless His people with peace. // Psalm 29:1 Love this from today's readings. Let His word dwell in us richly, sisters. Download your F R E E...