Jesus Wants All of Us
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Jesus’ plans are much richer and better than what we could imagine for ourselves. As we live in faith and relationship with Jesus, we discover who we were truly created to be.
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Kindness Eggs
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We are Christ's hands and feet. I shared a story of kindness from my last trip to England with Ignatian Spirituality
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Redirecting Our Gaze to Hope
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Shemaiah Gonzalez invites us to redirect our gaze to hope, finding inspiration in St. Paul's letter to the Romans.
Read MoreEveryday Courage
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The small, everyday moments of courage are where we learn to be brave for the big moments.
Read MoreStopping to Rest
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I now understand the saying, bone-tired, for it is how I feel today. Yes, there has been more at work than usual, but there’s also been driving the kids to violin and ju-jitsu lessons and the long lines at the big box store and phone calls with those suffering from loss and illness, and I just feel…depleted. I have no more left to give. I must rest.
Everyday Moments or AI
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I wrote on Pope Francis's words and challenges us to embrace everyday moments made holy instead of letting AI take the creative lead.
Read MorePilgrimage to a Monastery
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I wrote on my yearly pilgrimage to Surrey, UK to pray with the monks. I daydream about this place. It is featured greatly in my upcoming book.
Read MoreHe is Right Here
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I saw a reel on Instagram showing pictures of Jesus present in our everyday lives. There was Jesus, sitting at one of those low Kindergarten tables, in a much-too-small-for-him chair, coloring with a small child. He looked as if he were having fun.
Read MoreThe Family Cheerleader and God for Us
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Reframing changes everything. When I know God is rooting for me, I don’t need anyone else to. Being my family’s cheerleader is no longer fueled by me but by God.
Read MoreFinding God at the Airport
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You may know I love to travel. This is why writing about Finding God in the Airport for Loyola Press was a delight.
Read MoreThe Audacity of Creating Something Beautiful
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I wrote about finding God in a quotidian painting like Jean Siméon Chardin’s Soap Bubbles for Ignatian Spirituality.
Read MoreGod in the Details
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Then I saw it: tiny specks of dust floating in the shaft of light. There seemed to be millions of them! ...I was a superhero with super-amazing vision to see such tiny, little specks of dust.
Read MoreApostolic Joy
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“I convert because the Catholic Church is apostolic. We can trace Pope Francis all the way to St. Peter and all the Apostles; I want to be a part of that.” She was absolutely beaming when she told me this. As someone who grew up in a church founded in the 1970s, I understood. To be part of something with all that history made me feel connected to the panorama of the Church throughout time.
In the book, First Belong to God, Austen Ivereigh quotes Pope Francis when he writes, “Joy is apostolic. It is ‘a clear indictor of grace.’”
Read MoreWord for the New Year: LOVE
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Do you choose a word for the new year? My word this year is LOVE.
Check out my latest for Ignatian Spirituality
Read MoreAnnunciation
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San Fermo Maggiore Church in Verona, Italy, features foundation stones from the fifth century, so I was quite surprised to find, tucked behind one of the central pillars bearing the weight of the upper church, an exquisite modern sculpture of the Annunciation. Sometimes modern art in ancient places is jarring. It doesn’t fit quite right. Yet this piece took my breath away.
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Attuning to God's Voice Within
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Among the many questions that surface is, “How will I know which voice is God?” This is not an easy question to answer.
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