A person once asked me, “How can you live without certainty?” This statement stayed with me and made me think about whether or not many people struggle with uncertainty on their journey through life. However, there is a more satisfying and simpler path that invites …
River of life
Adapted from Richard Rohrs, “Trust the River”, blog post. Grace and mercy teach us that we are all much greater than the stories we tell ourselves or one another, which are often less than half true and based on hurts and unconscious biases. These stories …
The Path
The Path By: Kathleen Aparo The other night, after I turned off the light and while I was talking to myself and to God, I heard one or the other say, “Self, it’s The Path. It’s all about The Path. It’s your chosen way. Led …
Forgiveness is not just for others!
In all my walks, I find the main topic in conversation to be forgiving others who have hurt you and how to forgive yourself. We all have been hurt by others in some way and we all have hurt others in some way. If you …
Waiting on God
We all know how hard it is sometimes to wait on God. To wait for those prayers to be answered. If we want to get God’s vision for our lives, we must wait to hear it. As it says in Habakkuk 2:1, “I will …. …
Prayer is a powerful thing
Prayer is one of the most important spiritual exercises for us and may be the most powerful force we possess. We learn from Jesus, who spent whole nights in prayer, and God commands us to do it. It is our way of daily communicating with …
The Surrender Novena
Jesus, I surrender myself to you! “The one true mark of a saint of God is the inner creativity that flows from being totally surrendered to Jesus Christ. In the life of a saint there is this amazing Well, which is a continual Source of …
God is still God
Things seem a bit crazy right now. I am not sure about you, but it seems everyone I speak to is going through their own trials. Trials due to health, work, money, family and etc… I was just speaking to a small group of women …
As a follower of Christ, I drop my Net!
As I was sitting in prayer the other night at Adoration, the Lord placed something on my heart. I wanted to share this with you. We all know the story about the disciples, “they left their nets and followed Him”. We have read and heard …
Prayer and Fasting – Why do we need to?
Fasting is that word we hear but so many times push it to the back of our minds and schedule, “next week” or “I will do that during Lent”. Why do we do this? Is it fear of failure, we don’t want to disappoint ourselves …