Lourdes
Awakening at Lourdes is here… thanks to you
Writing Awakening at Lourdes was a long process for me. I write to make sense of things; as I wrote, the whispers and nudges God had been sending through the years came into clearer focus. The thing that came into the clearest focus was this: You were my whispers and nudges. Every one of you…
Read MoreThe Message of Lourdes (Free eBook)
I’m releasing a new eBook today called The Message of Lourdes, explaining why the words of the 1858 apparition are for all of us today, too. Sign up for your free copy in honor of the upcoming feast of Our Lady of Lourdes (February 11).
Read MoreIn Which We Learn that My Book Has a Title!
I’m delighted to announce the title of my forthcoming book with Ave Maria Press! Awakening at Lourdes: How an Unanswered Prayer Healed Our Family and Restored Our Faith will be released this fall. It’s the story of our family’s pilgrimage to Lourdes with the Order of Malta in 2017, the miracles we received and the ones we didn’t, and why the wide gulf between those two things is awash in grace upon grace.
Read MoreWhat Our Lady of Lourdes taught me about the power of weakness
The vulnerability of the sick and disabled is a great strength. Their receptivity to earthly love makes them powerful conduits for the heavenly kind.
Read MoreOn Loan, On Layover [Guest Post by Annamarie Adkins]
As we raise our children, we try to remember that we are their stewards for the time being. This practice is a little more intensified when your child nears the brink of death, and is brought back to life again.
Read MoreIt is finished
I’m sitting in Panera and 14 seconds after I typed the last word of this book about my pilgrimage to Lourdes, I hear singing in Latin. It sounds like the rosary being sung in Lourdes. I mean, it sounds EXACTLY like the rosary being sung in Lourdes.
Read More#7QT: That time I went to Lourdes and got marching orders. (Twice.)
Sometimes discernment is hard. But sometimes, God just throws up his hands and does it for you. (Twice, if necessary.)
Read MoreMiriam’s First Communion
More than a year ago, a ridiculous dream formed itself in my heart. On May 5, 2018, it actually happened.
Read MoreLiving our brokenness under the blessing lifts us all
Brokenness lived under the blessing is transformed into a gift, not a burden. Every year in Lourdes, I get to relearn this.
Read More#7QT: Seven Quick Takes, Lourdes 2018 Edition
In which we fly across the world to serve the sick and end up joining their ranks instead. In Lourdes, there are no accidents.
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