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Today is the Feast of Jesus’ Baptism and a good reminder that just as Jesus was pronounced God’s Beloved Son, so are we as Beloved Daughters of God. It’s particularly challenging to see our Belovedness during seasons of longsuffering and waiting. I have experienced many challenges during this season and often, they make me question whether God loves me as much as He loves the girl across the street, or the close friend or family member, who was given her heart’s every desire

So often we ask “What does God want me to do” and “What do I most want to do” when it comes to our decisions about our vocation.  Rather, I’d like to pose the question that I think God asks of us more often: “What does God want to change in you?” I think this is especially true for people whose desires and vocations don’t come to fruition quite the way they wanted them to. Recently, I came to the conclusion that God may not want me to have biological children. Why? I don’t kn

“Take the very hardest thing in your life – the place of difficulty, outward or inward, and expect God to triumph gloriously in that very...

While waiting, we can get into a rut of not doing much. Many of us fall into a bit of depression waiting for the desires of our life to...

I was praying the Sorrowful Mysteries one evening recently with Benedictine College’s Rosary Meditations  and stumbled upon this quote...

In everything that happens around us, there is a choice. A choice of discouragement or hope.  I turn 40 this month. And while I should be...

My husband and I endured another failed child placement last week. We’ve had so many potential foster-to-adopt children not work out at...

I saw something on social media a few weeks ago that really struck a chord: She realized she was living a life built on pressure instead...

It’s Holy Thursday. We’ve been waiting for almost all of Lent, but the command to watch and pray with Jesus holds fast especially today...

I was pondering the desert experiences of John the Baptist and Jesus yesterday and realized an important insight. Before they were both...

How many times I’ve felt the temptation to be God and fix my problems! The temptation to control the destiny of my life vs. wait for His...

My husband and I have been waiting for a foster to adopt placement the last several weeks and now that we have most everything bought and...

Last night my husband and I were watching Mona Lisa Smile, a movie which tells the story of upper class women attending a prestigious...

My husband and I have been on the adoption journey for about a year and a half. After no luck and a handful of failed adoptions, we...

I did my annual exercise today of reflecting on all my daily prayer journaling from this past year. It never ceases to surprise me how...

My husband and I attended mass on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception this past week. The priest in his homily said some words that...

“The blessedness of waiting is lost on those who cannot wait, and the fulfillment of promise is never theirs. They want quick answers to...

Waiting in a faithful state can lead to feelings of moral loneliness.  I was reminded recently in an article by Ron Rolheiser that Jesus’...

Does God seem silent? I was reminded recently that in the Garden of Gethsemane Jesus felt the Lord’s silence in response to His cries and...

At one of my recent Third Order Secular Franciscan ongoing formation gatherings, this passage from Luke 11:27-28 came up: As Jesus was...