Sacred Meditations

The Prayer That Asks for Nothing

The Prayer That Asks for Nothing

There is a particular kind of silence that falls upon your soul when someone you love walks into it. You may have been waiting for them, perhaps with news to...

The Prayer That Asks for Nothing

There is a particular kind of silence that falls upon your soul when someone you love walks into it. You may have been waiting for them, perhaps with news to...

The Ocean Beneath Our Failures

The Ocean Beneath Our Failures

There is a moment familiar to anyone who has ever tried, really tried, to grow in holiness. You catch yourself in the same fault you confessed last month. Perhaps last...

The Ocean Beneath Our Failures

There is a moment familiar to anyone who has ever tried, really tried, to grow in holiness. You catch yourself in the same fault you confessed last month. Perhaps last...

The Shape of Love

The Shape of Love

Imagine you tell your child, “I love you,” and then proceed to feed them only candy for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. You skip their doctor’s appointments because the waiting room...

The Shape of Love

Imagine you tell your child, “I love you,” and then proceed to feed them only candy for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. You skip their doctor’s appointments because the waiting room...

The Fistful of Dandelions: The Paralysis of the "Perfect Motive"

The Fistful of Dandelions: The Paralysis of the...

Every parent knows the moment. You are standing at the kitchen sink, or trying to answer an email, or just attempting to think one coherent thought, when a small hand...

The Fistful of Dandelions: The Paralysis of the...

Every parent knows the moment. You are standing at the kitchen sink, or trying to answer an email, or just attempting to think one coherent thought, when a small hand...

Finding Peace Amid Unjust Criticism

Finding Peace Amid Unjust Criticism

You pour your heart into something. Maybe it’s a project at work, a meal you spent hours preparing, a kind word offered to a struggling friend, or in my case,...

Finding Peace Amid Unjust Criticism

You pour your heart into something. Maybe it’s a project at work, a meal you spent hours preparing, a kind word offered to a struggling friend, or in my case,...

Is God invading your privacy right now?

Is God invading your privacy right now?

Imagine yourself at the grocery store. Probably not hard to do, because if you're like me, you're there several times a week (because no matter how we plan our meals...

Is God invading your privacy right now?

Imagine yourself at the grocery store. Probably not hard to do, because if you're like me, you're there several times a week (because no matter how we plan our meals...