Author Archives: Ashley Murray

I originally wrote this blog right after Osama bin Laden died. I waited to post it because I wasn’t sure how I or others would react to it. In my confusion over everything, I was scared by my own thoughts and feelings over justice. Below I will share some of the things that were running through my mind at that time: So, Osama bin Laden is dead. I have heard many things surrounding this news that leave me confused about how to feel. Coming from a military family, my first reaction was a bit of relief

Being a missionary. What does it mean? Many times I have had people tell me, “I could never do the things you do” or “I’m not a missionary.” BUT YOU CAN BE AND YOU ARE! We are all called to be missionary in our everyday lives. So how do we do that? This is a video I made for the campus ministry at Young Harris College. They did a service on mission and asked me to skype in, but the times didn’t work out. So I made this video instead. It’s made specifically for Young Harris, but it can TOTALLY be

I have never really been a person who handles stillness very well. I was probably one of the busiest people at my college. I am a Musical Theater major and I had a heavy schedule filled with core classes, clubs, and rehearsals. I was always busy and had little time for things outside of my schedule. Ever since I become a missionary, I have had to learn one of the toughest phrases I have ever had to implement into my vocabulary: I am learning how to be still. While we do have a schedule for the mission

The most recent subject of our formation has been the autobiography of St. Therese, Story of a Soul. At first, I was afraid this would be over my head, since I am a little girl from Georgia and St. Therese was an over-scrupulous Carmelite nun who knew her vocation since the age of two. But little did I know how much I would learn from the “Little Flower.” Not soon after I started reading the autobiography, I received and email from both of my aunts. They told me about how my grandmother, who