Embrace Inconvenience: The Lesson That Helps Me Step Out of My Comfort Zone
A year or two ago, I heard something on a podcast that I continue to think about from time to time. A listener left a…
A year or two ago, I heard something on a podcast that I continue to think about from time to time. A listener left a…
I don’t think I’ll ever get over the fact that my days of three-month summer vacations are behind me. But, never one to glorify the…
For one reason or another, I love setting creative standards for various aspects of my life. My criteria for a five-star recipe: healthy, delicious, inexpensive,…
Recently, I attended the kick-off meeting for a new Catholic young adult social group in my county. It’s the type of event that I often…
“In this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes.” – Benjamin Franklin With all due respect to Mr. Franklin, I’d add a laundry list…
“You come across as very intense and serious,” the supervisor of my internship stated matter-of-factly. I was feeling badly about how my mid-year mock board…
If you have heard of the concept of the five love languages, you’ll understand me when I say that I’m a “words of affirmation” kind…
One of my uncles always remembers my favorite coffee mug. Recalling my pickiness (ahem, refined taste) when it comes to the ceramic thickness, handle size,…
When I started my first job as a youth minister after graduating from Divinity School in 2014, I remember a professional acquaintance saying, “Good luck.…
The past 14 months have been many things — exhausting, clarifying, grief-inducing, baffling, and anxiety-producing, to name a few — but if I were to…