The Hope of Spring: Lessons in Transition
When my lease ended in November, I wasn’t quite sure where I would go next. I had recently left my job working for a nonprofit,…
When my lease ended in November, I wasn’t quite sure where I would go next. I had recently left my job working for a nonprofit,…
We’ve all been there. A bad day, week, month, or year. We just got passed over for a promotion. We just learned that a close…
I don’t believe in signs, but even this one seemed pretty clear to me. It’s been more than a decade since I saw it, tucked…
Sometimes we all need time to reset. Like most people in their 20s, I spend way too much time connected to my iPhone, answering text…
Last spring, I decided that it was indeed a new season. I was balancing a high-intensity degree in English Literature, a fledgling writing career, and…
Every year when Lent rolls around, like most Catholics, I choose something (or several somethings) to give up for 40 days. In general, it’s a…
This year, Lent snuck up on me—I hardly knew it was February until I unwittingly found myself at a Mardi Gras celebration one Tuesday evening.…
When I consider Lent, the first question that comes to mind is “what should I give up?” Though abstaining from meat, chocolate, alcohol or one…
I’m terrible at handling change. I frequently treat change not as a graceful passage from one “life” room into another, but rather as a door…
I’ve always made an effort to leave the season of Lent as a better Christian and a better person overall. After experiencing plenty of Lents…