For many years, I struggled with the notion that I wasn’t very good at anything. I had a friend who was a star swimmer, friends who were in all honors classes, a friend who was the lead in the school play, and friends who just seemed to have it all together. And then there was me.
Read MoreAs I sat in the Adoration chapel, I tentatively laid out my dreams before God. My hopes for my vocation, my dreams to serve and create, my hopes for life-giving joy. But I was pulling back. I expressed my desire for fulfillment, but I did not dare voice how I hoped they would be molded specifically to my own heart.
Read MoreI cannot remember a time before anxiety. When I was young, everything had to be just right, and I always had to be in control. As I grew older, the prevailing worry was homework - had I done it perfectly? What if I’d missed something? And then more diabolical fears crept in - and I do mean diabolical in the truest sense of the word. I spent years wrestling with crushing, exhausting, terrifying guilt in my spiritual life.
Read MoreThe hardest, transformative experience of my life has been going through a divorce and annulment as a 31 year old Catholic woman.
Read More'I believe that You love me' were the words I prayed to Jesus in adoration that changed my faith-life forever. I received these words as part of my penance in confession.
Read More"Dear Sisters in Christ, sometimes Jesus has to bop you upside the head with a 2x4 to get your attention. You feel me?..."
Read More"Dear friend, As women living in a massively confusing culture, perhaps we are particularly susceptible to low self-esteem and, worse, self-hatred..."
Read More"Dear Friends, About three years ago I remember sitting in mass on a particular Sunday & hearing a homily that changed my entire outlook..."
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