How to live your Catholic faith in a secular career
Working in the secular environment as a faithful Catholic can be hard. Sometimes it can feel as though you turn on your laptop in the morning and log off in…
Three helpful things I learned while writing a book about addiction
Addiction is a tricky subject to talk about. Unless we’re talking about a celebrity — and sometimes even then — our culture tends to keep the volume on low when…
You’re proof that science and religion go hand in hand
Close to the end of elementary school, I decided to make orange my favorite color. Orange was not actually a color that I particularly liked, but I consciously made the…
How to offer your gifts back to God in gratitude
Everything we have is a gift, something not guaranteed — the breath in our lungs, the sunrise over a new day, our loved ones, profession, health and home — yet…
The feminine call to the intellectual life
A scribe tests Jesus, asking him, what is the greatest commandment? Jesus responds, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with…
Social media and the pursuit of Christian virtue
If you’re anything like me, you’ve spent at least some amount of time over the past several years considering your social media use. Worldwide pandemics, the ever-current news cycle, and…
What my frustration with Jonah taught me about my own charisms
I’m sure you’re familiar with the Book of Jonah. If you aren’t, I’ll catch you up to speed: A dude with the charism of prophecy shirks his gift, gets eaten…
Every hair on your head
I never considered myself pretty. While I didn’t think I was particularly ugly, I simply thought I was ordinary, if I thought about it at all. I never was the…
Meshing faith and fashion with Sequoia Sierra
Meet Sequoia Sierra, designer and owner of The Liturgical Co. as well as the fashion stylist, designer and owner at Sequoia Sierra Designs. Her goal as business owner of The…
The feminine call to creativity
Within every one of us is an impulse to create — to tiptoe into a dim, dawn-lit kitchen before the children arise to shape, score and bake a loaf of…