I recently saved this image on my phone. Each day for the past couple weeks I have spent time reading and thinking about it…

I recently heard the phrase that people come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime…

As I notice the change in daylight and how quickly night falls, I pray my own Christ-light can become a beacon for others...

It is something I do take for granted. When I walk into a darkened area of my house and flip that switch on the wall, I expect I will have light…

It was 3:38pm on Wednesday, and it hit me that my daughter had an orthodontist appointment that day…at 3:30pm. We were on the wrong side of town, too late and too far away to make it to the appointment. I was so mad at myself…

My 7th graders started reading the novel, Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt, recently. A hard working, fun loving family comes upon a spring in a patch of woods…

A coworker of mine and I were talking before the All School Mass this week. I mentioned something to her about corny Catholic jokes because I had just asked someone, “How was your Easter?” And the joke should have been on me, “What do you mean? Easter isn’t over. We are still celebrating!…”

With the start of Advent, I decided that I wanted to better prepare for this new year in the Church. I love this time of year with all of the decorations, lights, gift giving, sacrifices, and the overall spirit of Christmas. It is so easy to get swept up in all of the commercialism of the season and forget or at least be distracted by what this time of year is really about…

Over the past weeks in our Scripture readings, we have heard about acts of faith and hope: the apostles in the midst of a storm at sea, waking Jesus for help; the parable of the mustard seed and the kingdom of God…