Masaka.

There are so many things that I love about my sister Gloria. Her laugh, the truth that she has brought into my life and relationships with her insight, the way she tells stories, the fact that she fails to comb her hair, how she remembers details about people and asks after them. One of them [...]

Bits.

(I wrote this on Saturday- Day 2 of my time in Uganda, by the way, but never posted it.)
I’m in Uganda!
During the two flights and day-long layover in London I had a bit of time to reflect on the wedding of the year- Laura & Justin 08. Some of the best parts were:
 

These shoes Which, while gorgeous [...]

ABC’s by Nick.

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“Church is mostly for Catholic people and First Communions.”
-The Facts of the ABC Book by Nick, age 8

Transition.

After I sent Kara and Calvin off on the airplane yesterday, I started a new journal. I feel a lot of new beginnings… saying goodbye to the remnants of the Nepal community in the States. Making a decision to end up in Omaha and not in Nepal, finding roommates and starting to pack up the [...]

Lynell’s Friends.

My friend Lynell Shooks took this amazing set of pictures of friends who are homeless in Grand Rapids. I thought you might like it.
I do! Along with a lot of things I like in this moment…. including just being purposeful at work on a beautiful, sunny day, knowing what I am doing and why I [...]

Kneeler.

Last night I went to Mass with several friends. We were at a different church than our normal parish, and it has a big cavernous cathedral in the center with stone floors, so everything reverberates. I like to sit in the front, so we were among the first to receive the Eucharist, and then we [...]

Thanks.

Wow, read this. It’s in my top five face-ripping off blog posts of all time, and made me think more than any post since this one.
I’ve read some amazing work on your blogs- those that I have and haven’t linked on here- keep posting please! (Or in Ericka’s case, start posting again!)
You are beautiful, I’m [...]

Learning to Pray.

I am learning a new way to pray. I’m learning to hold people before Jesus, without even having to speak words for them. When I pray this way, I place the person in my hands and with my palms open lift them up into His lap. The Holy Spirit knows what we need, more than [...]

My Blue Shirt!

Angi Lee, my confirmation sponsor, made a joke 2 years ago “I’ll buy you a blue shirt if you become Catholic!” Today she unveiled the long awaited blue shirt…. and it is pretty sweet.

So friends, it’s finally official… I am a Catholic sealed “Catherine” in the Holy Spirit after my patron saint, Catherine Laboure of [...]

This is about joy not fun! (Otherwise known as the longest post in the history of Rampant Judgment.)

I often find myself saying “Oh that will be fun!” or asking “Was it fun?” or in general being concerned that people are having fun. I wish that my language was more specific… I wish I could express that I mean joy and not “fun.” Because joy is found alongside deep sorrow, as well as [...]