In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If there were not, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back again and take you to myself, so that where I am you also may be. | John 14:2-3 April 2022. Spring green lights and shadows rippled down from the trees through my windshield as I drove home from a day of teaching back in my hometown. I had just sent in my job application to Eden Invi

It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will last… | John 15:16 This promise is given to the apostles during the Last Supper. While literally every word of what Jesus says is important and can apply to us, this particular promise has been hard for me to accept. The Lord knows I can be stubborn, so I think He has “planted” me in some particularly crazy circumstances to get it through my head that my life–my entire life–is a

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. | Matthew 18:20 As I shared in the last blog , I was “the Church kid.” I first learned who Jesus was through people– my family, mentors, priests, religious sisters, and kids my age. Each of them carried this spark of Light. Knowing them, I wanted to know Christ more. To learn more, I went to more camps, more conferences, more programs, and more pilgrimages. In college and even living ab

The Father speaks these words over Jesus at His Baptism in the Jordan: You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased | Mark 1:11 These words are poured over us too, just like the water in our own baptisms. We are beloved children of God. But we hear this phrase repeated so often that its meaning gets lost. “Child of God” certainly has a deeper significance, but the surface meaning often suffices. For a long time, I didn’t really understand what “Beloved” could mean… I re

| PRAYER TO LIVE IN GOD'S PROMISE | Lord, teach me how to live in Your Promise: That You, Creator of all, made me a unique expression of Your Love worthy of being seen and known. That You will not forsake me– instead, You prepare a place for me; I belong in Your Sacred Heart. That You hold all of my life in Your hands and You call me Beloved . That Your plan for my life is a future of hope– every step into my longing can lead me towards Your Heart. My Lord and My God, th