Embracing Hospitality February 2006, the first time I walked into a room full of women gathered to study God’s word together – not only with a bible but along with a book! The book, The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren – would begin a...
When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been ill for a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be well?” The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; while I am on my way, someone else gets...
My 2018 Saint Posse A few years ago I realized at the end of the year, that I seemed to turn toward the same saints each day for intercession. I also noticed that my group of heavenly friends also tended to shift from year to year. New saints were added as I...
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ the Son of God. As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way. A voice of one crying out in the desert: “Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight...
What Do Serving God and Exercise Have in Common? When introducing the corporal and spiritual works of mercy in her book, Blessed Are You, author Melanie Rigney writes, “Both types can come free and easy … or hard and challenging” (Franciscan Media, 2016, p. 66). ...