The Best Way to Get Over a Breakup? Start Praying for Your Ex
Two and half years into my relationship, I started dating my doubts and my boyfriend at the same time. As Sean and I would lay…
Spirituality
How to Keep a Spiritual Journal (With Writing Prompts to Get You Started!)
Since I was able to hold a pen, I’ve been keeping a journal. Literally, my first diaries were just collections of squiggly lines. Throughout my…
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…
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…
How to Cope With Grief by Journaling
My best friend passed away at the age of 21. Like many who have lost a loved one due to mental health issues, I couldn’t…
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…
Appreciating Lent’s Lessons as a Non-Lent Follower
I spent two years of elementary school at a private Lutheran School in Wisconsin. That was my introduction to Ash Wednesday and Lent, the Christian…
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,…
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…
How Adding Something To Your Daily Routine Can Enhance Your Faith Life This Lent
An elderly priest once told me that each Lent, he would give up the same three things: water skiing, skydiving, and watermelon (and he was…