I love God. I have a good life. Still, for some reason, I lack joy and find it hard to be happy.
Have you had a thought like this one? I have.
If you can relate, take comfort (or don’t), because we are part of the majority. [...]
I love God. I have a good life. Still, for some reason, I lack joy and find it hard to be happy.
Have you had a thought like this one? I have.
If you can relate, take comfort (or don’t), because we are part of the majority. [...]
Dig Deeper into Sunday’s Gospel: Read Mark 14:12–16,22–26
I have never witnessed a Eucharistic miracle. However, incredible accounts are recorded in which the Eucharist takes on biological signs of Jesus’ presence, such as a host bleeding human blood or transforming into a piece of heart tissue.[1] These miracles, [...]
Dig Deeper into Sunday’s Gospel: Read Matthew 28:16–20
Have you, like me, ever wondered if you missed your true vocation as a cloistered Carmelite nun?
I have moments when I don’t want to leave church at the end of Mass. My family joins the rest of the congregation, [...]
I’ve heard it said that the sentence “Do not fear” is found in the Bible 365 times. While I can’t quite narrow down a credible source for that, I can confidently say that it appears enough within Scripture to warrant the claim that God knows His children and the emphasis that we place on our fear. [...]
Dig Deeper into Sunday’s Gospel: Read Mark 16:15–20
Years ago, I walked into a hotel gym to work out and was immediately overwhelmed by six screens, all playing the same music videos. With no remote in sight, I jumped on the elliptical, hoping I could ignore them. [...]
Dig Deeper into Sunday’s Gospel: Read John 15:9–17
When I love someone, I go all in. I trust until a person gives me a reason not to. This has led me to some incredibly beautiful connections and friendships but also experiences of being taken advantage of and hurt. [...]
Dig Deeper into Sunday’s Gospel: Read John 15:1–8
At the beginning of Lent, I shared how I’d been praying with the question, “In prayer, are you achieving or are you receiving?” It was a question that began to reveal to me areas of perfectionism and a performance-driven prayer. [...]
Dig Deeper into Sunday’s Gospel: Read John 10:11–18
If I were to ask you to think back to your childhood and recall one of the first images that you had of Jesus, I’m certain the Good Shepherd would be among the most common. Can’t we all bring to mind the statue or image of Jesus holding a staff with one hand, [...]
Dig Deeper into Sunday’s Gospel: Read Luke 24:35–48
When life's storms hit and peace (along with my sanity) flies out the window, it’s hard for me to see straight. The brokenness feels like too much. Paralyzed by fear, I tend to sit in the shards of a broken dream, [...]
Dig Deeper into Sunday’s Gospel: Read John 20:19–31
In 2008, evangelical speaker and writer Angie Smith found out that her fourth baby would not survive more than a couple of hours outside of her womb. She began blogging about her experience, and two years later, amid my conversion, [...]