As I’ve started graduate Theology classes, it’s been amazing to see how Church History is relevant to today, how the Catholic Church has stayed fundamentally the same since the time of the Early Church. I understand that many issues I mention will be controversial for non-Catholics, and while I respect and often admire other Christians,…
The Home of My Soul
My shoes clap on the sidewalk and my backpack thumps in rhythm as I walk, humming the song singing in my head and pounding through my feet: “God, you are good to me, good to me…” I reach the road and a map of Franciscan University—and remember the first time I had looked at it,…
My Testimony Part 3: Our Living Spirit
If you missed part 2, you can read it here. College: Discovering the Power of the Spirit There are so many amazing stories I could tell from my precious years at Franciscan University. Now that I’m graduating with my B.A. in writing (and in the midst of this pandemic nonetheless), I will always treasure those…
My Testimony Part 2: Christ Our Savior and Lover
If you missed part 1, you can read it here. Early High School: Trusting Christ Our Savior Throughout middle school and into high school, I continued to pray to God as my Father and started to come to understand Christ and the beauty of the cross. It was sometime during this time period that I…
My Testimony Part 1: Our Heavenly Mother and Father
God has used may moments in my life to draw me into an ever deeper relationship with Him. It’s mind-blowing to look back at these experiences and see how God can reveal Himself to us personally as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—how He can lead us to Him through His mother and as our Father, Lover, and Living Spirit.
7 Steps to Make Prayer a Priority
A daily prayer life is essential to developing a relationship with God, and it is the foundation upon which all other virtues stand. Through prayer, we learn to put God first and to always rely on Him. Here are 7 tips to make prayer a daily priority…
Value in Virtue Part 3: The Productivity Mindset
There is currently a trend in our culture to be constantly productive. Why is that? And how can we prioritize what is truly important and allow time for rest, community, prayer, and simply being with the Lord?
Value in Virtue Part 2: Our Desire for Strength
Man’s desire for strength is a natural desire meant to point them to their role as husbands and fathers–and should be complemented by a much more important inner strength in the Lord.
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Value in Virtue Part 1: Our Desire for Beauty
It’s especially easy for us women to get caught up in the desire to be beautiful, to be noticed, to be loved. And beauty is good—one of the ways that women reflect the image of God. However, The problem occurs when we become obsessive about external beauty at the detriment of the beauty of the soul—when a focus on external beauty comes at the cost of Goodness or Truth or Love.
Beloved Dreamer 