I can hardly believe it's almost Holy Week. When I was little, Lent seemed to last for centuries,...
Faith Articles
20 Unique Lenten Ideas
Can you believe Lent is just around the corner? It's only two weeks away! Instead of coming up...
3 Ways to Grow in Gratitude
Gratitude is riches. Complaining is poverty.—Doris Day I remember catching up with some old...
Toxic Purity Culture Does Not Exist
I keep stumbling across conservative-minded articles denouncing the ills of "purity-culture." And while many of these...
Let Yourself Be Romanced
When I worked as a teacher and in retail, there were times my husband gallantly showered my car with flowers or popped...
Stolen Innocence: How One Awful Moment Changed My Life for the Better
I love childhood memories. They’re idyllic and full of laughter — like a healing balm, a comfy blanket, or your...
Abandoning the Comfortable Christ
Christ's life is a demand. You don't want to be reminded of it. So we don't have to see what happens to the truth. A...
“I’m Not a Baby-Making-Machine” — A Response to Oct. 2nd
October 2nd, 2021: Feast of the Guardian Angels and month of the Holy Rosary October 2nd, 2021: Women rallied forth...
Just Be
Earlier this spring, I was sitting up with a friend the night before her wedding. Our makeup had come off, and the...
Responding to a Church in Crisis
Dear sisters in Christ, We must never be discouraged or give way to anxiety. . . but ever have recourse to the...
What if I am Not a Good Spouse?
Something is disorienting about marriage. You take two wildly different human beings, with excruciatingly different...
Scarlet Letter Saints: Three Women Who Prove That Nothing is Impossible for God
It’s easy to think of saints as superhuman. People who seldom failed and possessed a burning love for God from an...