The Year of Healing
2019 began with my family spending a lot of time together in close quarters. My husband had just been laid off from his job, and I was recovering from a...
Pleasant Places
This year has been extremely difficult. Grieving the loss of my brother, recovering from hip surgery, and my husband’s unemployment have all weighed heavily upon me. Add to that the...
To the Woman who Struggles on Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day can be complicated. In my own life, this day carries a variety of conflicted emotions. For five years in a row, Mother’s Day served as a reminder to...
Christ Is Coming
More than anything else in this life, suffering reminds us that this world is not the way it should be. When we walk through the valley of the shadow, our...
Support in the Flood
Trials can often surge like stormwater. At times suffering will assail us like the waters of a rising flood. Our afflictions usually do not come gently. Sometimes they crash down...
Days of Darkness
We often speak of times of hardship in terms of darkness. Trials seem to snuff out the light of life around us, plunging our souls into what feels like inky...
Where Hope is Built
Suffering has a way of washing out the road. One moment your feet are set on a path that feels firm and fixed, and the next moment you find yourself...
The Solid Rock
I was silent on here for the month of February. On the night of January 30, I received a phone call from my father. My husband and I had just...
Book Review: Liturgy of the Ordinary
Deep down in our hearts, many of us have a desire to do something or be something great. At times we kick against the boundaries of our ordinary lives, seeking...
I Am Not Enough
It had been a rough day. I had spent every waking moment of the day with my daughter. We had played. We had gone on a fun outing. We had...