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Dust to Dust

For about twenty years, I’ve been serving as a Catholic lay volunteer to bring prayer, the Eucharist, and sacramentals inside the walls of Florida’s prison. The prisons I serve are in rural North Florida, just a few miles from the Georgia border. More »

I’ve Seen the Face of God

The year was 1994. I was five years old and on the “little league” soccer team of Holy Rosary Catholic School in Memphis, Tennessee. I was eager to play, but after only a few moments on the field, my legs would begin to twinge in pain and feel too heavy to run. More »

My stomach sank and my face went numb as I opened the gift addressed to me. It contained the small Christmas stocking I had hand-stitched for my stepmother two years before. More »

Heavenly Cheerleaders

Imagine that you are a budding concert pianist facing your debut performance. You’re terrified. “What if I foul up?” you keep asking yourself. More »

Present Yourself to God

The Feast of the Presentation is one of those celebrations that means more than one thing. It recalls the way Mary and Joseph followed Jewish law concerning ritual purity for a mother who had recently given birth. More »