Moving Further Up and Further In
Is there value in repeating ancient words? Often I feel more comfortable in the tradition of spontaneous prayers. Prayer where I piece the words together in the moment and express myself like I would to a friend over coffee. This free form stream of conscious type prayer is a sincere and powerful extension of my heart, but…
Hope, I do not think it means what you think it means. Hope is one of those words that people, including myself, throw around without a clear understanding of what it means. And let me tell you, it is hard to have hope, if you don’t really know what it looks like. So here begins…
At the parish where I grew up, on the feast of Christ the King all of the families would make fabric banners to celebrate the King. Before mass began, the children would march around the church to honor Jesus with a parade. There were bells, crowns, colors, and joy bursting out of the room. Our pastor…
Maybe you have heard the phrase, “Your making me a saint…” Typically this expression is used sarcastically when your spouse is testing your patience, and think it is a funny phrase, but I propose to use it here with a positive spin. Marriage has a two fold purpose: the sanctification of each other and the revelation and glorification of God to…
For the first time in 7 years my husband and I are not moving into a new home after a year. We have moved, desperately and together, every ~9 months for a long while now and have gotten pretty good at packing all of our things in boxes, loading up cars, and feeding the friends we…
You could never be too far away for God’s love to reach you. Never. End post. Just kidding, but really we need the simpleness of the above truth to set in our bones. There is never a thought, action, or circumstance in the past, present, or future that could take you out of reach of…