God Never Gives Up on Us: Lessons From My Journey of Meeting My Fiancée
Sometimes, it feels like God abandons us. The disciples might have felt this way after the Crucifixion. Or, at least, they felt downcast, their hopes…
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Understanding Christian Hope for a New School Year
Every new school year brings its own set of expectations for the future. I have a privileged position to reflect on this reality, as I…
3 Ways to Practice Hope
I think I’ve finally figured out why I skip over Advent and rush toward Christmas: Advent is a season of hope, and I find it…
Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry: Learning From Padre Pio’s Words of Wisdom
Padre Pio was one of my favorite saints growing up. Although I was initially enamored by his gifts of bilocation, stigmata, and the ability to…
A Lesson in Waiting: An Advent Retreat
Our preparations for Christmas often overwhelm us with occasions for waiting. We wait in line at stores. We wait for Christmas bonuses, traveling relatives, the…
A Biblical Therapist Shares 4 Avenues to Finding Hope
“I can’t live with her gone!” “I don’t recognize this violent nation!” “Stop these panic attacks!” As a Biblical therapist, I listen to angry people,…
How a Tough Time Changed My Understanding of Advent Hope
Hope. I thought I knew what the word meant. And I’ve practiced that “hope,” or what I thought hope was, since childhood: “I hope I…
The Hope That Comes From Waiting
In this unprecedented time of a global pandemic, I find myself unexpectedly in a time of waiting. Waiting to go back into stores that currently…
God Shows up in the Sunrise
I’ve been trying to mark each day as different during quarantine life. Friday nights, our family gets takeout to support a local business and watches…
A Message of Hope: How Our Small Actions Can Change the World
Sometimes, I wonder what an outsider would think of our world. How can a planet, so small within the vast universe, be so terribly at…
