It’s been said that we make 35,000 decisions every day. Some decisions are small things like what we want to…

Every year I search for a unique way to help my children understand the season of Lent. Sometimes I find…

By the fall semester of my junior year at Northwest Missouri State University, I was completely consumed with the typical…

Jesus was my excuse. He wanted me to forgive my abuser, to give him a second chance. But in the…

Asking for a saint’s help never seemed odd to me growing up. It was like asking friends or family to…

As fairly new homeowners (it’s been 1.5 years), one struggle that my husband and I have is that of finding…

Dear Child,  My parents baptized me three months after I was born. I don’t remember it. I wasn’t asked if…

Growing up, I ticked of all the ‘weird kid’ qualities. Bookworm? tick.  Shy Catholic girl? Big tick. Facial scarring? Tick….

Pope Francis said of Mary Magdalene – “at the time of tears and abandonment, she hears the Risen Jesus who…

Day by day, I learned to experience in some measure the power of God as manifested in the mystery of…

“When you feel despised, imitate the kingfisher, who builds its nest on the masts of ships. That is to say,…