Around this time, on the brink of Thanksgiving and Christmas, I begin to feel the overwhelming culmination of hopes and fears amidst holiday preparation. It’s not that I don’t like the holidays, but as I grow older, they have tended…
In the Catholic and Anglican tradition, there is a period known as “Ordinary Time†on the liturgical calendar. It runs for roughly 34 weeks with no particular aspect of the mystery of Christ celebrated or observed, such as Lent (the…
Happy almost Sabbath. Since thousands of us cannot attend church services in person tomorrow, I wanted to offer a short devotional of sorts to my fellow man and friend. As I have been pondering the state of our country’s current…
::: Red Sea ::: And the treasure of this darkness was the glory in the gap. “Your way was THROUGH the sea, your path THROUGH the great waters; yet your footprints were unseen. You led your people like a flock…
It is Christmastime. And on the heels of an intense, epic year of travel (10 countries) work (moving to Korea for 6 months) and school (finishing graduate school), all I want to do is sleep and rest. I find myself…
I saw the grass on the other side, Wondering why my seed had died, Barren over and over again, Something was wrong with the land I was in. They said it took just a mustard seed, But all I saw…
Straw We who were Barren, Came upon this Babe – In a time when we thought, The seed had died, the last word had been said. Twas strange, the way A perfect God, Could take on human flesh, and be…
Do you remember the day you held your first diary or journal in hand? It was like a rite of passage into womanhood. It wasn’t just about penning petty crushes or your life bucket list. Sure, those moments of time…
In honor of Saint Aurelius Augustine’s birthday: November 13, 354, Tagaste, Numidia I remember reading “Confessions†in my senior year of high-school. I was on the couch with a torn ACL, longing to be on the basketball court with my fellow team-mates…
This is Seasons Part 2: The State of Waiting. I’ve been in a sort of grave for the past three days. Â The stomach flu hit me fast and furiously on Friday afternoon, and I have finally risen this morning, feeling…
