It was a quiet day in Galilee when the archangel Gabriel arrived at Mary’s home. Imagine what it must have been like in that moment.Read More

Here we are in the heart of Lent. We’re far enough into Lent that maybe I should be feeling my spiritual rhythm.Read More

It turns the whole story on its head for me.Read More

Every Sunday my fellow small group leader and I bring a snack for our second graders to enjoy in our Sunday School class. Because it was St. Patrick's Day, I thought we might make the snack a little more fun than usual.Read More

When I think of growing up in St. Pius X parish in Rodgers Forge, I think of Msgr. Baumgartner.Read More

We really love Ash Wednesday, don't we? I love how it’s not even a holy day of obligation, and yet churches fill with people who want to receive ashes. There’s something about that mark of humility and repentance that feels so right.Read More

Every Lent we fill a basket with slips of paper with the names of people we know—living and deceased. We pull one out every morning and pray for that person that day. It’s a simple concept, but it works well for our family.Read More

Often what I’m asking for isn’t what I need, but the equivalent of a chocolate chip cookie for dinner.Read More