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We Are Witnesses, Too
"You are witnesses of these things" (Luke 24:48). The disciples were astonished as Jesus approached them. The crucifixion had come and gone. Jesus was no longer with them as their...
Prayer as a Conversation
It can be so easy to complicate prayer, can't it? As I began to cultivate a faith life as a senior in college, my "prayer" time consisted of a to-do...
Walk With Him
We cannot run from suffering if we commit to walk with Christ. It's a lesson in love that I come back to daily and it's one I fall more in...
You Can Still Change Your Mind
I was a college senior and had finally decided that enough was enough. I needed to find new friends who would encourage me in my faith journey rather then discourage...
When I Have Nothing
We were newly married and brand-new parents, too. Our little girl, just three months old, lay in the PICU hospital bed. We'd brought her in the night before and were...
His Mercy Came to Me
"For freedom Christ set us free; so stand firm and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery" (Galatians 5:1). I was a senior in college at the time,...
No Second Guesses, Just All In
Detachment from all things for the sake of holiness in pursuit of Him, that's what this life's journey is all about. And it's heartbreakingly hard sometimes that He gives and...
Make Me Clean From Within
Today's Gospel is an absolute gut check, isn't it? "You cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside [are] full of plunder and self indulgence" (Matthew 23:25). Oh,...
The Healing Power of the Merciful One
I am the paralytic. The one that cannot bring myself to Him. I am the one lying on the stretcher, unable to raise my eyes towards Him. I lie crippled...
Fight for Mercy, Fight for Goodness
"Fight for her," my spiritual director said over the phone. I'd just shared with him one of the ways I knew the Lord was teaching me about mercy. Compassion. Love....
