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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
“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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…