SPOKEN SILENCE

Text from the Phos Hilaron as prayed by the Sisters of the Order of Saint Helena: "O gracious Light, pure brightness of the everliving...

Saint Julian of Norwich is one of my favorite women of history. She was a remarkable woman who has contributed one of the most formative...

My guesses are that you've never heard of Saint Dymphna. I hadn't heard of her either until I did some research, and what I found...

People love to speak in metaphors. The one I hear almost as often as any other is the metaphor of being "in a desert". What we mean by...

We'll start out our series with a look at two women who have an interesting story: Saints Perpetua and Felicity. First off, we need some...

Over the summer I did a series of lessons with a wonderful group of ladies at First Christian Church in Johnson City. Throughout the...

I've been reflecting the last couple of days on my Word of the Year. As you know, I chose the word abundance. Well, that's not entirely...

"So when he had washed their feet, and taken his garments and reclined at the table again, he said to them, 'Do you know what I have done...

I was blessed recently to write the meditation guide booklets for First Christian Church's Journey to the Cross Prayer Experience. I so...

For several years now I've watched episodes of Bob Ross' "The Joy of Painting" to go to sleep or to relax. When I've felt most depressed,...

When Death Comes – Mary Oliver "When death comes like the hungry bear in autumn; when death comes and takes all the bright coins from his...

Each morning as a part of my routine I check my TimeHop app. Perhaps I'm a sucker for nostalgia, but I love looking back at what I've...

In my last post, I wrote about my growth in "overcoming" and all the progress I feel has been made. This post, on the other hand,...

I've started this blog post and deleted it four different times now. Words just don't seem to capture exactly what 2018 was about for me....

As 2018 comes to a close and 2019 dawns, I find myself drawn to this song. It seems to say a lot of what I've come to discover over the...

The evenings are the worst. It seems the culmination of the day presses in on my heart and mind, and I can’t seem to shake that weight....

They say God is Love. Yet I don’t feel God in my life. So what does that say about the presence of Love in my life? So often I have...

“Come, Lord Jesus.” So often I pray this when all other words fail me. When the world seems dark and full of chaos, I find that these...

She's not been born yet. The girl that sees a future of possibility. The girl that feels intensely, and yet keeps her wits. The girl that...

To the people who make my life better, thank you. To my Mother and Father, thank you for the support you give me endlessly. I have never...