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My toddler likes to help me do the dishes, but is afraid of the disposal. One day recently, I was emptying out some old food and delaying...

“Brothers and sisters: You were once darkness, but now you are the light of the world.” Who might you guess is the Saint of Darkness?...

Today's Readings Today’s passage from Paul’s Letter to the Philippians is a source of comfort for many people that I know. However, for...

Today's Readings A few years ago I would have rolled my eyes at a Psalm like today’s. Wading through deep bouts of chronic depression and...

Last year I was diagnosed with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Much more than what stereotypes of the disease suggest (I am not a...

Woe is me, my mother, that you ever bore me, a man of strife and contention to the whole land! -Jeremiah 15:10 At first, this verse...

During Holy Week 2021, I participated from a distance in my parish’s annual Stations of the Cross service. Afterwards, I found myself...

Today's Readings Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel, which means "God is with us." Every...

For years, one of my favorite Advent rituals was to curate and post some version of the following on Instagram: There was something...

Today's Readings The “Golden Rule” is supposed to be simple. 1) Love God, with all of you, 2) love others, as much as you love yourself....

The first time a therapist used the word trauma to describe my suffering I was stunned. I had just made peace with even going to therapy!...

Content Warning: medical trauma, birth trauma, mental health, suicidal ideation This is the second part in a 2-part essay. For the first...

Content Warning: medical trauma, birth trauma Oddly enough, I thought about Angelina Jolie on the operating table. Years before, I’d read...

In March 2020, I was teaching third grade in suburban Chicago. On Friday, March 13th, we were given directions to send home belongings...

I had someone ask me not long ago why I decided to take medication for my mental health. I was already in therapy. Why did I suddenly...

Life is heavy and I’m not okay. The emotional impact of the past two years of infertility has caught up with me. The loss of our unborn...

Today’s Readings “I’m useless.” “My mental illness makes me a burden.” “Until I’m healed, I don’t have anything to offer those around...

Today's Readings Not sleeping well is a habit in my family. Most of us have the gift of trying to fall asleep and instead doing inventory...