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Preparing for Lent

by Jessica on February 11, 2010

Tonight I realized that next week is the beginning of Lent and, I know this may sound a bit strange, I got a little excited. There’s an allure to join in with the saints of old in contemplating the cross and resurrection of Christ. In part it’s a reminder that Jesus isn’t just real, but [...]

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“Prayer is not…

by Jessica on October 23, 2009

Prayer is not some practice we will one day perfect or a method we can eventually master, but instead it is a lifelong journey of our hearts awakening to the reality that God is with us. Given the kind of chaotic lifestyles to which many of us are accustomed, what we may need more than [...]

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Quote from Feminine Appeal: The Grand Purpose

by Jessica on August 21, 2009

I’ve been reading Carolyn Mahaney’s book Feminine Appeal, which is on Titus 2:3-5, last week and in the very first chapter she laid out what I thought was the best explanation I’ve heard of this passage and women’s role,
The commands found in Titus 2 have been given to us for an all-important reason that transcends [...]

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