By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 9
By December 31st each year, I set a few intentional goals and choose a word to focus on throughout the coming year. My word for 2020 was joy.
By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 8
Last summer, my husband and I loaded our preschooler son and baby daughter into the car to make the short drive to the beach. We could hardly wait to see family members and soak in a beautiful new environment after months of quarantine.Â
By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 7
Sharing my children doesn’t come easily to me. Perhaps it’s because we live far away from our family members and go about our day-to-day lives pretty independently, or perhaps it’s because of my own pride or selfishness. It’s probably a little bit of both.
By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 6
My mom collects nativity scenes. Through over a decade of living and traveling abroad, she has amassed quite the collection, each one more unique than the last.
Set a Fire: Praying through Lent with the BIS Sisterhood
After Jesus was baptized by His cousin, Saint John the Baptist, Scripture tells us that the Holy Spirit immediately drove Him into the desert. Here, Jesus spent 40 days praying...
By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 5
Not five minutes after I hit “publish†on my pregnancy announcement Instagram post, two of my dearest college friends texted me almost identical messages.
“Congratulations!!! I’m pregnant too!â€
So began a group text thread between the three of us former roommates, spread out across the country and all due with our first babies within a few weeks of one another.
By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 4
If there is someone who knows what it feels like when plans are completely turned upside down, it’s Mary.
By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 3
This week, we begin our annual Prayer Pledge by reflecting on the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary. Stepping into this new year, I desire few things more deeply than joy—heart-filling, head thrown back in laughter, completely in-the-moment joy.
By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 2
I didn't always love the Rosary. In fact, even after the Lord won my heart, even after my conversion, even after the Holy Spirit set my heart aflame, I still struggled with praying the Rosary.
Discovering Mary's Heart
I converted from Protestantism to Catholicism at the age of sixteen. Like many converts, my understanding of Mary was limited and even slightly misinformed. Gradually, over the years, I have...
By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 1
A new year dawns. Perhaps you're more ready for a fresh start than you ever have been. And while we know that the trials of last year don't cease with the turning of the calendar, there's still something... hopeful about beginning again.
Ending the Year with Courage in Christ
2020 has come with a lot of challenges, and with that there seems to be a rise of fear and anxiety. Take a look at your social media feeds and...
