Lord, Your Will Be Done… As Long As It’s Not That
This past year has been tremendously busy with ministry, family, self-care, growth, and basically raising 3 helpless humans (and finding out another is on the way). Personally, it's been a...
Her Image Has Followed Me Throughout My Life
Our Lady of Guadalupe has shown up at all the really important moments of my life. While I was undergoing my conversion to Christ as a college student at UCLA,...
Marrying the .01%
Sometimes when I’m driving to work in the mornings, I pass the time by listening to “Ryan’s Roses”. For those of you who don’t know what that is, it is...
Annoying People & God’s Love
We were actually good friends once. We met while volunteering and ended up being involved with another young adult ministry. We invited each other to special events, holiday gatherings, hung...
I Didn’t Even Tell My Closest Friends About My Attempted Suicide
The other day, I spent some time at the Broad Museum in Downtown LA. Modern art is unique, graphic, and sometimes downright weird, and until this day I didn’t have...
I Lost All My Hair, But Found The Meaning Of Beauty
Anybody who has known me for a while knows that I always had a great head of hair. I don’t mean to sound conceited or vain, but it’s the truth....
Why I Wish My Parents Had Talked To Me About Sex
Let’s have that awkward conversation about sex. Because we’re not doing anybody any favors by being hush-hush about this thing that is shoved into our faces every single day. Parents, pastors,...
What to Expect When You’re Not Expecting
When I took a pregnancy test and realized I was pregnant with our second child, I cried. They were not tears of joy and thanksgiving, but rather tears of fear...
If You’re Single, You’re Gonna Die
Just kidding. Now, since you’re here… Let’s do some real talk. If you’re single, raise your hand. Now take a long, deep breath, and exhale. Feel that? Everything is going to...
Confession: A Catholic Torture Chamber
“Confessing our sins is not going to a psychiatrist, or to a torture chamber: it’s saying to the Lord, ‘Lord, I am a sinner.’” ~ Pope Francis I can remember the...
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