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My friend, Chris, and I were among those who celebrated Pope Francis' visit to the United States in 2015. Although it is sad the pope is...

I recently went to see Season 5 of The Chosen at the movie theater. This season is about Holy Week, leading up to the betrayal of Jesus...

From what I understand Catholics aren't supposed to believe in ghosts or try to commune with the dead. But I think the dead communed with...

Until recently as long as I was in a church Sunday morning I felt like I did my job. If I was hungover or falling asleep from staying out...

Anxiety is a lot harder for me to live with than depression. With depression I would do anything. I drove down to Washington DC by just...

When I left my husband, Russ, it was in such haste that I had to leave everything behind, including my little kitten Newt. While Russ had...

Several years ago I went through a period of isolation and heartache that eventually led to a nervous breakdown requiring...

Although I always considered myself a believer nothing about the way I lived my life implied I was a Christian. I talked a good game. I...

I don’t know if it’s just a trauma response or if I really am what my mother used to call a habitual bitcher. What I do know is I have an...

Starting over again at 50 seemed pretty pointless. I kept telling myself I was too old. I tried applying for housing and public...

Watching You Tube videos one day I heard someone say, “I love Jesus.” I thought to myself, I want to be able to say “I love Jesus” that...

According to the Catholic Church, a person can gain a plenary indulgence by devoting at least half an hour to reading the Scriptures with...

Anyone who has known me for any length of time knows I have always been “into God.” But I was “into God” the same way someone is "into"...

My siblings and I were all baptized, but those were the only times our parents took us to Church. When I was a kid, I told my mother that...

From the time I was a teenager I struggled with depression that eventually morphed into suicidal ideation. I didn’t know where it came...

It has been two years since my husband died. We met in 1995. He was 19 and I was 21. Although we never dated when we were young, he was...