Linking up with Kelly. —1— The weather has been all over the place lately—two weeks ago, it was freezing cold with record lows and terrible winds; then last week it was so nice and sunny outside that I went running in the park in shorts! It was great to spend a warm day outside in… Read More 7 Quick Takes: Crazy Dreams, Blessed Is She, and Basketball
Linking up with Kelly. —1— I started writing about my recent pilgrimage to Guadalupe here. I’ll be following up soon with Part 2! —2— Notre Dame has released a draft of its revised curriculum, and it looks good. I’d written a few months ago about the curriculum review. In the revised draft, the theology requirement… Read More 7 Quick Takes: Guadalupe, Fenway, and The Wiz
Today’s BIS Blog discussion is on the Communion of Saints, and I thought I would share about one of my favorite books, Colleen Carroll Campbell’s My Sisters the Saints. The book is a memoir of Colleen’s early adulthood, and she writes in a way that is so down to earth and relatable, about real-life experiences and… Read More Book Club Discussion Questions: My Sisters the Saints
Linking up with the BIS blog today on discernment. I’ve reflected a lot lately on the idea of discernment—in particular, how it relates to someone who is single and thus not yet committed to a vocation. Sometimes it seems like our mission and purpose in life will come only once we respond to a vocation,… Read More Identity, Vocation, Mission
Blessed Is She is hosting a link-up on transfiguration today, the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord. I’ve always loved this story because it resonates so well with my own spiritual life. The landscape of my life is made up of hills and valleys: hills where I experience transfiguration moments, when I am caught… Read More Transfiguration Moments
Originally published at BIS Blog. It was a Thursday evening when I pulled up to the Grand Canyon for the first time, the sun just setting over the rim. As I walked down onto an overlook and soaked in the awe-inspiring beauty of this rocky landscape, I felt overwhelmed with a sense of my own… Read More Over at Blessed Is She: The Canyons Within Us
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