No Rush

Twenty minutes after Ash Wednesday service ends, and I’m still stuck in the church parking lot— plagued by the Toyota Noah’s beeping noise indicating my gear is in reverse— overcome by impatient anger that no car will let me back out so I can leave the one-way, gated parking exit.  Aya is with me and […]

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How Can I Be Catholic?

“How can you be Catholic?” a college friend once asked me when she found out I attended mass.  I led a Campus Crusade Bible study in one of the dorms, yet I went to a Catholic church.  It was an oxymoron for some.  Most of my friends were Evangelical Christians, and I loved them dearly, […]

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Transcendent Moments

I strum a chord to signify the start of Bible study at the girls home.  We sing “Your Great Name,” one of their favorites and then dig into Scripture.  I had noticed the girls were in a lot of stress.  School was about to begin and there were still a lot of unknowns; our eldest […]

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