Using Lent to Be the Best Version of Myself
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…
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…
“I’ll be home for Christmas…You can plan on me…Please have snow and mistletoe, and presents by the tree…” The words get me almost every time…
Long before the American Christmas season became a thing, the month of December didn’t revolve around Christmas. It was Advent. Like a mini-Lent, Advent is…