SPIRITUALITY & DEVOTION

SIMPLE WAYS TO SHOW OUR GRATITUDE TO GOD

“And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful… And...

A CHRISTIAN VIEW OF DEATH

We don’t like to think about death. It’s uncomfortable. In a certain sense, death is unnatural: it was not part of God’s original intention...

NO STRAIGHT LINE TO SAINTHOOD: MY JOURNEY WITH ST....

My grandma gave me this book many moons ago, when I was just a young girl. At the time, its reading level was above...

O SLEEPER, AWAKE!

I have the interesting privilege of waking up the other members of my household each morning. I rise 30 minutes (hopefully) before everyone else...

GLASSES, POISON IVY, AND STUDENT OF THE MONTH

Our 5-year-old daughter is one-of-a-kind. She’s simultaneously hilarious and frustrating all at once. I could go on and on about how much she reminds...

PRIME SOIL

I always wonder, when I read the parable of the sower, what makes the good soil so good. The obvious answer, comparing it with...

BREAKING THE SCHEDULE

To be a functioning human being in today’s society, it is necessary to have some sort of schedule, however loose it may be. A...

A LIGHTER CROSS CARRIED WELL

Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. (Luke 9:23) When I think of a...

SPIRITUAL ‘ADULTING’

It was a fad at one point for many people of my generation to complain online (or in person) about ‘adulting’. This term was...

DEADLY TEPIDNESS

When I look back on my years of motherhood, there were countless days that felt like an endless cycle of taxiing kids from one...

ESCALERA AL CIELO: ENSEÑANZAS PARA LOS CORAZONES MÁS PEQUEÑOS...

“Mamá, ¿puedo ir al cielo en avión?” Esa pregunta inocente de mi hijo de cuatro años me hizo reír pero también reflexionar sobre cómo...

ALAN JACKSON, LIFE, AND DEATH

This past year Alan Jackson sang his last live concert for country music fans. As a truly great artist who wrote and sang mostly...

LOVE, WORSHIP, EVANGELIZATION, AND SERVICE

The love of God is great, and each person is created to experience this love. The definition of love that is most appropriate for...

THE LONG GAME OF EVANGELIZATION: MIRRORING THE LORD’S PATIENCE

My mother, God rest her soul, would never have described herself as a good evangelist. She didn’t think she was any good at finding...

A FOUNDATION OF LOVE: CULTIVATING HUMAN FRATERNITY

Pots of fresh red tomato sauce simmered on the old gas stove in a cozy kitchen of a small Lutheran church. Eight students and...