TAKING THE NEXT STEP

Each time we renew our baptismal promises, we recommit ourselves to a life in relationship with Jesus.

THE BEST MAN

John the Baptist’s genuine joy and acceptance is something that I aspire to in my own marriage and personal life.

THE GREATEST GIFT

Dear God, thank you for giving us the greatest gift of all, your son Jesus and His sacrifice and infinite love for us.

OH, BROTHER!

Lord, give me the grace to extend generosity and forgiveness in my family relationships, be they chosen or given.

PERFECT LOVE DRIVES OUR FEAR

I remember that God loves me by looking back on all the good things He has done within my life.

LOOK AT YOUR LOAVES

God always makes good on his promise to match our gifts, such as they are, with his own.

REVEALING LIFE

Epiphany is God's “big reveal.” It is not only God showing who Jesus is to the world. It is also revealing who we all are to God.

WHERE DO GOD LIVE?

To care for and educate the poor is to care for Jesus in the poor, the migrant, the homeless.

TO BE LOVED (IM)PERFECTLY

None of us will have it all figured out. But what we can do is remember that God already loves us as we are.

MODERN DAY CAPPADOCIANS

The times are hard, yet they are also filled with good. This is the only time we are given and, for better or worse, it’s a good time to follow Jesus.

DROP BY DROP

In baptism our whole life begins anew. The new name we receive is a reminder of our new identity, one where we are saved by the “bath of rebirth and renewal.” Whatever came before pales in comparison to what will come next with Jesus.

HUMILITY

Jesus reminds us to be humble like Him: to let go of our pride and self-centeredness as we die to ourselves just as Jesus died on the cross for us.

INVITATION TO LIFE

When I allowed Jesus to enter my life, I found that I was no longer drowning – He is my raft.

A NEW JUBILEE

God has sent his Son with wonderful news for us; our failures have been forgiven.

WHEN LOVE IS SAID AND DONE

Lord Jesus, help me to see with your eyes, listen with your ears, and love with your heart.

LOVE FROM ABUNDANCE

God gives and serves freely and joyfully. In that, I feel a great comfort and hope that I might love more similarly to the way He loves me.

TESTING THE SPIRITS

To pray is to say “yes” to the spirit in my life that comes from Christ.

SEEKERS

I come to embrace my belovedness and brokenness as God’s story for me - a work of art in constant progress.

BEING COURAGEOUS AND LOVING

Let us love not in word or speech, but in deed and truth.

A PURE AND SIMPLE FOLLOWING

This gaze of the Lord falls on every moment of our life in which we try to follow him.

UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

I get so wrapped up in what’s missing in life that I forget about the love God has given us.

IDENTITY

He consistently and tirelessly reminds me that His grace is sufficient for me.

A DECISIVE CHOICE

Choosing to be a child of God or grounding our identity on something else makes all the difference.

DARKNESS AND LIGHT

Jesus is the light that illuminates the darkness in my life.

FINDING CHRIST (EVEN THOUGH HE WAS NOT LOST)

I rest in awe, peace, and trust that the life of God flows through my family life, even in its brokenness and moments of imperfection.

CALLING BEYOND OUR UNDERSTANDING

Sometimes I have felt God calling me to something that I didn’t understand or which overwhelmed me.

ON THE PERIPHERY OF JOY

Only in being willing to risk everything for the truth, will my heart “throb and overflow” with the “riches of the sea.”

HEAVEN IS NEAR

"You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased."

THE CLOAK OF INVISIBILITY

My walk with God and my life in community of faith-filled people free my heart and awaken it. 

IF WE TRULY SEEK

The life of seeking is a lifetime’s vocation. It is meant as a time to grow, to deepen, to be purified, to overflow to others and for others.

HOPE THAT PURIFIES

I often miss the horizon for all the water in the way. So my struggle today is to remain in the hope that purifies. 

STAY WITH UNEXPECTED GRACE

My sickness enabled a surprising discovery that a sick body can free a healthier spirit.

WHAT ARE WE KEEPING IN OUR HEARTS?

My heart is challenged to feel both the light and darkness of life versus closing and numbing itself when life becomes overwhelming.

CHRISTMAS AFTERGLOW

Simeon inspires me to love and keep faith, even when I feel as if I have nothing left.

THE FULLNESS OF TIME

Each moment lived fully in the present is its own “fullness of time” – kairos time.

KNOWING JESUS

To know someone is to walk with him.

GRACE IN LIGHT AND DARKNESS

As my generous words or deeds may have encouraged someone, my words or deeds have also cut others down. 

JOY

Does my life exude the joy that John found in knowing the salvation brought by the Messiah?

GOD MAKES SUPERHEROS IN US

We have the special gift of Jesus Christ, born for us. 

GREATER JOY

The best Christmases I’ve experienced is with God’s poor or marked by gratitude.