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This first week of the new year hasn’t gone exactly the way I thought. After a two week hiatus to my parents’ home in PA, I was looking forward to coming home to Nashville and hitting the ground running with my thesis research and moving forward on some new goals for my professional and personal…

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you are having a joyful and restful holiday. I just wanted to pop on here to tell you about a word I’m reflecting on: worthiness. I’ve been reading a book by Brene Brown (apparently one of her most popular books) called The Gifts of Imperfection. In this book, Brene, a…

Hey friends, it’s been a while since I’ve written anything for you. Life has been a little crazy as of late. There have been grant deadlines, committee meetings, some hard but necessary conversations, and right now I am really feeling the weight of uncertainty in the world around me. I have never been more aware…

I’ve been spending the past few weeks praying and reflecting on my experiences, and as I’m digging in I’m amazed at how a culmination of early childhood memories and things I learned in my adolescent and early adult life have led me to be in the place I am now, a place where, if I’m…

“Holiness does not consist in never having erred or sinned. Holiness increases the capacity for conversion, for repentance, for willingness to start again and, especially, for reconciliation and forgiveness…. It is not the fact that we have never erred but our capacity for reconciliation and forgiveness which makes us saints.” Pope Benedict XVI, general audience…

Hey y’all, I don’t have a lot to say this week. The past several weeks have been full of good things, challenges, and lots and lots of emotions. I’m feeling a little tired and overwhelmed by it all, and unsurprisingly I have no idea where things are going. I’m happy to have my boyfriend. I’m…

I have been thinking about St. Peter a lot lately. Out of all the characters in the gospels (yes, someone can still be a real person and also be reflected on in the light of literature), St. Peter is one of the most dynamic. We see him grow and change from an impulsive, blunt, and…

This past week, I had to made a really difficult discovery. After months of setback and struggling, of trying to force my way through a really difficult work project and feeling like I was getting nowhere, I finally realized the truth that had been staring me in the face for a long time. I was…

I think it’s been pretty clear from my last few blog posts that things are going well. The tone has been brighter, more cheerful. I have been more convicted about the goodness of God and the goodness of His plans for my life. I have been able to start thinking and dreaming more about what…

Scrupulosity is a hard cross to bear. It can be overwhelming, mentally debilitating, and incredibly painful. It can make you feel like there’s something wrong with you, and make you wonder why you’re never “good enough” to be as faithful to the Lord as you so desire to be. But, maybe the hardest part about…