How I Realized that God is Everywhere
God is everywhere. God is present. God surprises. One of my favorite stories in the Bible appears in 1 Kings 19: 11-13. Here God intends to reveal Himself to Elijah. First a “great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. […]
I Went to Church Even Though I Didn’t Feel God
Let me start this off with a confession: I don’t always feel God.
How I have Overcome my Challenges with God’s Help
When I was just a very little girl I was diagnosed with Autism (Asperger’s) and cognitive delay. Having this made it very hard for me to make friends or even communicate with people, because I didn’t know how to explain things verbally.
Authentic Friendships Made Me a Better Person
If you don’t have authentic friendships I urge you to make this school year count and start seeking God. He gave each of us this gift of friendship and He wants you to receive it.
Finding Jesus Through Mary: The Power of the Rosary
Through Mary, I came to know Jesus. I am eternally grateful that She inspired me through the Rosary to come to Her Son.
Learning to Love Me
I was always stressed and tense, thinking about my imperfect body and what I needed to do to change it.
When Lent Feels Joy-Less: 7 Tips to Make it Joyful
Here we are again. Lent — a season for Christians that often brings thoughts of despair, loneliness, and (sometimes unwilling) sacrifice. We focus on what we are going to give up — maybe it’s ice cream, maybe it’s Netflix, maybe it’s picking your nose in public — whatever “it” is, […]
Come Find Me: My Spiritual Hide-And-Seek
“Ready or not, here I come!” That was the anthem of my childhood. Growing up, Hide-and-Seek was the one game that my five siblings and I would always agree on. Despite how much I hated to be “it”, I remember feeling so much power as I finished shrieking numbers and […]
The Best Part of My Day: Mass
Lent is here! This past Ash Wednesday marked my one year anniversary with attending daily mass! For Lent last year I decided to stray away from my traditional “giving up” of a loved worldly item, like eating out or going on Facebook. (One year I gave up all junk food, […]
