Blog Posts
How to pray when the answer is already no: A primer
This is not a simplistic “God never closes a door without opening a window” speech. It’s just a reminder that a negative (or absent) response does not have to mean the end of a relationship with God.
Read MoreTo love these days like any other
Staring into the abyss without clinging tightly to the hand of God is a dangerous game. He’s calling me back to his side now. Take my hand, dear daughter. It’s time to cling again.
Read MoreAnd so, we deepen
I believe now, in my bones, that God is in control and will order all these scary moments into a beautiful whole, someday.
Don’t I? I think I do. Right?
Read MoreDeeper
I wish I could say I am secure enough in my trust of God’s plan and providence to voluntarily move deeper into the hard and messy stuff that is this life. That appears to be what He is asking of me in 2018.
Read MoreThe miracle in the pot of soup
Sometimes it’s easy to get so busy looking for the big miracle that we miss the little ones. God answered a very specific, longstanding prayer of mine in a delivery of food: a miracle in a pot of soup.
Read MoreFraternal Correction: Five Easy Tips for Medical Advocacy with Grace
How can we cultivate the virtues of charity and humility, both during and after a moment where a child’s life might be at stake?
Read MoreFollowing God’s will is not a free pass from suffering
In asking us to willingly choose a cross and do work, God does not promise us any immunity from failure or from other suffering.
Read MoreChasing the name
Diagnosing special needs children requires making peace with The Cloud of Unknowing.
Read MoreEmotional suffering requires love
Emotional suffering is the true epidemic of our times. A hospital in Bronx offers a revolutionary, simple solution: love.
Read MoreThree Good Things, or the vacation that wasn’t
Help doesn’t come when or how we want it, but it’s there. You can always find Three Good Things.
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