How to Pray for Your Friends
Recently, my friend texted me and asked me to pray for her grandmother who was ill. Right that moment, I stopped working on my homework…
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Inspiration From My Grandmother: How I’m Learning to Find Hope in a Troubled World
My grandmother loved New England. Coastal New England, to be precise. She loved the region so much that she co-wrote a half dozen or so…
Why Grace Is More Important Than Ever Right Now
I recently visited two of my dear friends who I hadn’t seen in many months due to COVID-19. As we sat around the breakfast table…
Lenten Reads: 5 Books to Examine Your Faith
A good book challenges and inspires me. Earlier this year, I read “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” by Isabel Wilkerson, which has made me…
The Challenge of Giving up 40 Things for Lent
About 10 days ago when I was wasting time on Facebook (as I usually do), I came across a quiz that caught my eye: “What…
5 Ways to Make Lent More Spiritual This Year
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.…
Why Keeping a Journal in My 20s Changed My Life
When I was in my 20s, I was fulfilled. I worked hard, and I was achieving many of my goals– even if slowly and painfully–so I wanted to understand why I was anxious so much of the time. I knew I felt disconnected from a spiritual practice, and I wanted to find a way to search for a connection that felt realistic to me.
How to Find Faith When Your Life Looks Different Than You’d Hoped
Contrary to popular belief, the phrase “Cleanliness is next to godliness” isn’t found in the Bible. It was said by John Wesley, the co-founder of…
3 Ways to Remind Yourself of Daily Blessings
I’ve long been a fan of keeping a gratitude journal to help with my overall happiness, a practice I’ve kept up for the past eight…
How the Movie ‘Romero’ Ignited My Passion for a Faith That Does Justice
My first day back at college commenced with a frantic rush to find my classroom. I had not been to school since earning my associate’s…