Reclaiming St. Patrick’s Day

March 17th. What do we normally think about today?  Maybe it’s the dawn of a 1-day crusade to pinch all life forms devoid of the color green.  Maybe it’s saying “kiss me, I’m Irish!” to every stranger you see.  Maybe it’s watching an emerald tidal wave of drunk college students in the streets using the…

To The Women Who Felt Pressured: Healing From Past Sexual Sin

Hey, girl! I want to speak into the heaviness on your heart. A heaviness I know well. The weight of past experiences with sexual sin that have left you feeling numb, empty, or confused about your goodness.  I want you to know something… You have the right to feel hurt.  I don’t know the fullness…

What Does It Mean To Be In Love?

There it is, the daring and daunting “L word”. Some may find it terrifying, and others find it thrilling. But when people say, “I’m in love”, what does that really mean? I have many friends who claim that they have never been in love. Now, while it may very well be true that they have…

Let God’s Light Shine Through Your Screen

As I was praying Night Prayer, one line distinctly jumped out at me: “Lord, let the light of Your face shine upon us.” It’s such a beautiful invocation but for some reason, the only imagery that my GenZ mind was able to create was this scenario: Picture this: it’s late at night, you’re lying in…

Prayerful Practicals: How to Pray in Desolation or a “Dry Season”

As with anything in this life, the experience of prayer is an ebb and flow of consolation and extreme joy, desolation and darkness, or just general dryness and uncertainty. Prayer—“a surge of the heart” (Therese of Lisieux)—is a divine mystery of relationship with The Triune God. Of course, this can get confusing and complicated in…

How to Pass Chemistry?

High school chemistry class there and behold is the classic tall, dark and handsome senior star quarterback of the football team in the row right in front of my desk. My initial thought is there is no way he is going to notice me, I am just a sophomore girl that is no where near…

Your Relationship with Fear

Friends, we need to talk about the elephant in the room that is fear. Is fear holding you back from living the life you envision? Is fear keeping you from asking out your crush on a date? Maybe fear is keeping you from taking the next step towards your dream job. Perhaps you’re like me…

The Church is Body Positive

In 1564 Pope Pius IV ordered that the nude figures in Michelangelo’s masterpiece “The Last Judgement” be covered up. The work is iconic and stunning and sits squarely in the center of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. To many, the image was crude and shocking. They saw no reason for so much of the naked…