Stephanie Parks
Stephanie Parks is a high school campus minister with years of experience writing, speaking, and teaching young people about Jesus. She spent eight years as a FOCUS missionary, where she served on campus and as a national formator and curriculum designer. As a part of FOCUS, she was an associate editor of the award-winning Foundations for Discipleship by Curtis Martin and Dr. Edward Sri, published by OSV. Her work has also contributed to apostolates such as the University of Minnesota Duluth Newman Center and FORGE. Stephanie holds a Master's degree in Theology from the Augustine Institute and currently lives in Iowa.
“It all just feels so pointless.” A few days into Lent, a good friend shared these words with me about the practices she decided to adopt for the season. This friend, enduring a time of trial in her life, felt incapable of doing anything grand for the penitential...