Not Meant to Carry it Alone: Lent and the Gift of Shared Suffering
The problem with personal grief is that you can’t prepare for it. About 10 years ago, both of my parents passed away — my dad…
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Rethinking Lent: Shifting Focus From ‘Giving Up’ to ‘Giving To’
If you want to have a life-changing Lent this year, switch your focus from giving up something to giving to someone. As Catholics, we are…
Making Space for Grace: Finding Time for Prayer at Work
Are you busy all the time but never feel accomplished? Does your busyness get in the way of your relationship with Christ? Do you feel…
How a Women’s Book Club Enhanced My Spiritual Life
For years, I had heard great things about Well-Read Mom, a national Catholic women’s book club — but had never had a chance to join.…
How I Found Friends Through Faith: Trusting God to Bring Meaningful Connections
After college, there was a period in my life when I dreaded the weekends. I anxiously awaited the long hours of unstructured time I would…
From Pen to Prayer: How the Lost Art of Letter Writing Connects Me to God
My friend Tanna lives in Louisiana. No, that’s not the start of a children’s nursery rhyme. I met Tanna back in high school when we…
How a Table for Two Becomes a Table for Many
I have always loved Valentine’s Day. In elementary school, I made valentines for each person in my class. My best friend and I used this…
Swords into Plowshares: Finding Peace in Advent Today
“They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks.” These are the words the Prophet Isaiah speaks to us as we…
Feeling Unmoored? Suggestions for Seeking Home
Last year, I was sprawled on my bed, enjoying a day of rest after some long days of teaching. “Gilmore Girls” was my latest TV…
Breaking Up Is Not a Failure: 5 Spiritual Lessons From Parting Ways
One of my good friends just went through a breakup. We talked about it over the phone, and I could hear the heaviness in her…
