I am not a fan of committing to a New Year’s Resolution. It always sounds like a great idea in theory…

This Advent I have been following the Hallow App Pray25 challenge…

We here at Faith Friday push the limits, tackle topics controversial to the world…

Today, that topic is Santa Claus.

Jesus is the reason for the season.

Keep Christ in Christmas…

As I was preparing for this week's Faith Friday, I was in a funny mood. I was dreading driving the 3 hours south…

Blame it on that time of the year. With Thanksgiving fast approaching, food items and recipes might consume our thoughts these days…

It’s been a while since I’ve been asked to tell a bedtime story…

I remember as a kid waiting for the JCPenney's catalog to come out in the fall, so I could look through the toy and clothes section and mark all of the things I wanted…

It must have started with a quote from the October 16 entry in Mother Teresa’s book, “Do Something Beautiful for God”…

It was 1990, and my team was playing for the 7A girls basketball state championship…

Happy Friday!!

This has been my brain lately. I have been feeling unfocused in almost all areas of my life…

From this weekend’s Responsorial Psalm 80:20

“O Lord, God of hosts, restore us; if your face shine upon us, then we shall be saved.”

I remember where I was sitting at St. Patrick’s in Dwight and listening to the guest speaker’s talk…

Our birth mom Gina sent my daughter Trinity and I this picture Wednesday morning…

Handstand. Headstand. Shoulder stand? I can easily picture (but not execute) the first two movements…

It’s tradition in our house to share the “birth story” with each child on their birthday…

Synonyms for mercy include leniency, compassion, grace, blessing, favor, and the list goes on…

It wasn’t something I ever thought about doing when driving in the suburbs of Chicago where I grew up…

For the past few summers, we have had our own Animal Planet episode materializing on our front porch…