Do No Harm
I was looking forward to meeting a friend at a volleyball game. It had been a disturbing week. When I looked up in the stands, there he was chatting with the source of my disturbance.
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Swimming in Trust
In haste, Peter jumps out the boat when he realizes it's Jesus and begins to walk. However Peter loses his focus when he gets distracted by all the elements of the storm.
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The Silent Sisterhood
My mother lost two girls and rarely talked about them. Yet on her deathbed she said, “I’m going to see my girls.” Even in silence, they were always with her. So it is for many women.
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Lessons of Change
It's said that the only constant in life is change. Sometimes that change can be easy and exciting. Other times it can be difficult and painful.
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Time to Reboot
Lent is a time to reboot our spiritual life. Jesus offers us a trinity of ancient practices—prayer, fasting, almsgiving—that not only do that but also strengthen the three important relationships in our lives.
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Martha Served Again
“They gave a dinner for him there, and Martha served” (Jn 12:2a). I had always sort of assumed that Martha learned a lesson about letting go of housework after her complaint to Jesus about Mary not helping out (Lk 10:38-42).
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Return to Me
God asks us to return to him with our whole heart, whole mind, and whole soul. He asks us to return to him with fasting, mourning, and weeping. It is in the challenges that God is most present.
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