Giving Up and Giving Away: Two Sides of the Lenten Coin
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…
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…
Growing up, I went to Catholic school, so Lent was always a big deal. We spent weeks talking about it, learning about the Bible stories,…
Lent, the Christian season of reflection and renewal, is an opportunity to step back and take a good, hard, 40-day look at our spiritual lives.…
As a cradle Catholic, I grew up being told every year around February or March that I had to “give something up” for Lent. As…
Three years ago, I hated working out. I had always played sports, but outside of practice, I felt lost exercising on my own. I couldn’t…
I didn’t know it at the time, but when I was 17 and a senior in high school, I met my future husband. Five years…
The new year is here: Cue the articles on goals, resolutions, time management, and making this year the one to get it all together. Or…
If someone were to tell my 15-year-old devout Catholic self that I would one day marry a Jewish guy, I would have balked. But, here…