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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...

Marriage and family are many people’s vocations, but I’m here to tell you that as you’re waiting, it’s certainly not an excuse to do...

Many times when spiritually accompanying women experiencing infertility, the question of adoption comes up and often it’s a gray area for...

Many times I meet with women and they don’t know what to do next. I will frequently ask: Has God given you a vision? Sometimes He has,...

I was touched by the recent blog post “Obedient Unto Sickness” of Mother Petra of Christ the Bridegroom order. She explains that it is a...

A question that comes up very frequently with women in waiting is, “If not this, then what is God’s purpose for my life?” Many women in...

I was on my way to another baby shower lamenting why God still hadn't given me the miracle I've asked for and why my friends and family...

Long periods of waiting can feel like God is asleep just like the disciples must have felt when they were in the boat and the waves...

My husband and I recently went to the Lauren Daigle concert in my city. It was truly a wonderful experience. Joy, energy, and hope...

For the Lord comforts Zion; he comforts all her waste places and makes her wilderness like Eden, her desert like the garden of the Lord;...