Moving Further Up and Further In
Advent is coming. Hooray! This is a beautiful time of year filled with anticipation and growth. But there are also a lot of things that try to steal our focus during this time of preparation. Shopping, decorations, and flying food get in the way of my solemn time of preparation. Although my little Anna provides…
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…
Sweet Anna, You are the crown of creation. The sprinkles on the cake, the cherry on top, the gravy on the potatoes, and the tip of the mountain. God made the world and everything in it. He taught the deep oceans to crash on the shore and the clouds to shower on the earth. He…
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…