A freelance travel and lifestyle writer, Lynn likes to explore her faith through journeys — both far away and close to home. She's lived and worked in the Midwest, Southwest, Northeast, Europe, Africa, Central and South America, and now upstate New York.

Church on the Road

We hopped into a little Nissan Almera and started off around Table Mountain. The South African landmark stood, flat-topped, above Cape Town. The city we…

Thanksgiving Island

An always-loud tropical night was still thrumming through my open window, frogs croaking and insects hissing, when Becca woke me up. “We’ve got to get…

Inside a Mass Mob

With four minutes to Mass time, St. Casimir’s was jammed. The grand Byzantine church was so large, it would pass for a cathedral in most…

Winter: The Enjoyable Way

For hours now, snowflakes have been floating down outside my study’s window. A thousand-mile stretch of the northern U.S. has just been hit with a…

New Year, New Apps

“New year, new you,” sounds catchy, but let’s face it, you’re the same old you — with some new resolutions. It’s natural to use the…