Published February 4, 2021 Popular culture often depicts medieval monks as balding old men hunched over wooden tables and writing manuscripts by the candlelight. So it’s no wonder why we often think of them as living a rather mundane existence. But monastic life in the middle ages is much more […]
First published on Aleteia.com on October 15th, 2020 Teresa was a valiant reformer and leader whose life and writings hold great wisdom for followers of Christ through the centuries. There are so many beloved saints named Teresa—Mother Teresa, Therese of Lisieux, Teresa Benedicta of the Cross—that the first St. Teresa […]
Published July 6, 2020 Life can get hectic, even suffocating at times. Everyone is always in a frantic rush to meet deadlines, do chores, and meet society’s expectations. I, too, am guilty of that a lot these days. Sometimes the pressure of everything around me gets overbearing that I get […]
Published April 29, 2020 Saint James gave us this oft quoted piece of wisdom. “Draw near to God and God will draw near to you.” James 4:8 One way to draw near to God is by going on retreat at Holy Spirit Monastery in Conyers Georgia. The act of traveling […]
Setting Your Spiritual Goals for 2020
This blog was originally published on SpiritDailyBlog.com. It’s intriguing — what happens, in some cases, when one spells a word backwards. We’ve often cited the word “evil”: Turn that one around and it’s “live.” There’s “mad:” Reverse that and you get “dam.” (There is “stressed”: in reverse that’s “desserts”!) All […]
Published September 5th, 2019 Being a book addict, one of the stories I always love are those with mystery-suspense genres. However, I often value stories that have less sex and offensive language and not-so-violent plots. That’s how I got hooked into Christian suspense books. It always has the heart-racing but […]
Published August 15th, 2019 He said therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it? It is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the […]
Published August 8th, 2019 A secret to a healthy marriage is putting God as the center of your relationship. It can be a lot of work, but it will keep you strong during rough times. As a Christian, following God’s word is one step in keeping the marriage strong and […]
Published June 28th, 2019 The idea of a submissive wife in the 21st century is almost unthinkable. A wife is supposed to be her husband’s partner, his equal in every aspect. Why should she submit to him? Indeed, the word itself conjures an image of someone who is a slave […]