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Lessons Learned from a Quarantine Wedding
My daughter’s wedding was canceled and rescheduled in 24 hours. The lessons we learned from adapting our plans are lessons that we are taking into our lives in a world of pandemic and quarantine. I hope they can help you … Continue reading
Posted in Be Not Afraid, Faith, Holy Week, hope, prayer, Walking Through Holy Week
Tagged COVID, COVID-19, pandemic life, quarantine, quarantine life, wedding
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How do you ski?
My whole family likes to ski. I don’t. Every time we went skiing over the last several years, they would all glide down the slopes, skis floating above the snow, turning with ease, stopping on a dime. Me? I would … Continue reading
Beloved
I don’t usually do the word of the year thing, and I don’t really do resolutions very well. I just can’t keep to one thing for an entire year. This year, though, God pretty clearly gave me a word that … Continue reading
Simple Miracles
It started with her trip around the world. The plan was to take a break from the daily grind of the marketing world and come back refreshed and ready for her next step. Little did my friend Caroline know that … Continue reading
Posted in Be Not Afraid, hope, Love, prayer, saints
Tagged adoption, Miracle Foundation, orphanage, orphans, power of one, rights of the child
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Our True Identity
Maybe I’m the only one, but did you ever think it was funny that God had to look for Adam and Eve after they ate the fruit and hid? “The Lord God then called to the man and asked him: … Continue reading
Posted in Be Not Afraid, Faith, forgiveness, hope, Love
Tagged anger, forgiveness, hurt, let God in
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What are we hiding?
You know them. They are the ones with the perfect car, the perfect hair, the perfect house, the perfect kids. We all know them. Most of us try to be them – at least to the outside world. It’s a … Continue reading
Posted in Be Not Afraid, evangelization, Faith, Love
Tagged facebook, instagram, no filters, shine your light
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Super Friends
What if you went to a party and your favorite superhero was there? Ironman, Thor, Captain Marvel, Spiderman – whoever you like. What if they were actually real? What would you do? Would you watch from a distance, afraid or … Continue reading
The Meaning of Life
What is the meaning of life? Why are we here? When we ask these questions, it may feel like there is no adequate answer. When we are in the midst of loneliness, fear, or suffering it is hard to find … Continue reading
So many graces
God works in the most wonderful ways. It has been a week since I gave my Calm in the Storm retreat, and the graces that have come from it have been incredible. I have spoken with a mother whose daughter … Continue reading
Posted in Be Not Afraid, Faith, hope
Tagged anxiety, calm in the storm, depression, grace
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God’s work in My Time
This summer, my husband and I were enjoying our no-kids vacation, eating at a shared table in a restaurant in New York. We started talking occasionally to the couple next to us after eating their bread that was delivered to … Continue reading
Posted in Be Not Afraid, evangelization, Faith, Holy Spirit
Tagged evangelization, gifts and talents, vacation
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