Faith • Liturgical Reflections
The Hope of Good Friday
The promise of Good Friday is that when our world is turned upside down, and even our own hearts flee for cover, we have hope.
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Faith • Liturgical Reflections
A Longing for Home
In this season, there is grace. Because of my own pain and the experience of separation, I have come to recognize the paradox inherent in Christ's coming to this earth. Christ Jesus had to leave His home with the Father and with perfect communion, in order to bring us home.
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Faith • Liturgical Reflections
By His Wounds, We Are Healed
I grew up in a small town in New England, a suburban area just outside of New York City. Most of my peers attended the large Catholic parish in town, and to me, it seemed our family of non-denominational evangelical Protestant Christians was in the minority. Every spring, I would overhear my friends talking about...
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Faith • Biblical Reflections
A High Vocation Held Lightly
“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken.” – C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves The interconnectedness of joy and pain in a mother’s calling is uniquely expressed in childbirth. Expecting a child awakens in a woman such varied and intense emotions ranging...
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