I’ll never forget the day that you were born. The evening before, I had just completed a long day of work at the Red Cross and was just getting on the metro to ride home at 8pm. It was on that ride as I sat quietly, my hands resting gently on my pregnant belly, that… Continue reading When I Think About Your Birth, I Remember That God Still Speaks
Category: Prayer
Why You Should Plan a Spiritual Retreat
“In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.” – Albert Camus I sat in the quiet of a simple room in the Madonna House in Washington, D.C. looking out the window with Bible and journal in hand, pen poised and ready. I was alone. As a mother of… Continue reading Why You Should Plan a Spiritual Retreat
Open Your Mouth for the Speechless: A Call to Pray for the Church in Iraq
Over the last several days and weeks we have heard the news, seen the graphic images, and learned of an onslaught of wickedness, terror, and killing of men, women, and children in Iraq by the terrorist group ISIS. When we hear of children being decapitated, women raped, men killed, and families and whole cities being… Continue reading Open Your Mouth for the Speechless: A Call to Pray for the Church in Iraq