Dating with Standards
Years ago I attended a high school summer camp retreat, and one night, one of our adult leaders corralled all of us girls into a room,...
A Love Letter to God (for the Single Ladies)
Beautiful God, Author of all love stories, Creator of love itself, Holder of my heart, And Protector of my life, Please help me to feel...
Suffering: God's Path to Victory
"'I would create the universe again just to hear you say that you love Me.'" - Jesus to St. Teresa of Avila We all suffer. But why? It...
Days of Future Confession
I am what is called a neophyte - a new Catholic. To be honest, it didn't take much to convince me that confession is a powerful...
If I But Call Your Name
I was received into the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church last Saturday evening. It has been a long and trying road. I started...
Feminism: An Unladylike Contradiction
Dictionary.com defines feminism as “the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men.” The...
Into the Desert: A Lenten Journey of Love
Have you ever noticed how Valentine's Day and Ash Wednesday fall so close to one another every year? In our relationship with God, during...
Presenting Ourselves to Jesus: The Spirit of Christmas
How often do we all forget that the Spirit of Christmas is the Holy Spirit? The Spirit of Christmas is the same Spirit that hovered over...
The Giant of Doubt
"To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. To have faith means believing the impossible. To hope...
The Ten Commandments: More Than Just a List of Rules!
So let's face it, we're often wrong about what we think will make us happy. We think we know what's best for us, when in reality, we...