I hope this comes as a call, an encouraging hand held out to help you set up some boundary lines around your life, as I continue to attempt this myself.

I know that as (mostly) non-Catholics, we sometimes overcorrect on Mary by playing her down. But she plays a vital role in the story of God coming to earth. And I would argue that her experience is even more poignant for those of us who believe she was human, just like us.

Moses couldn’t possibly understand the anxiety of sitting in rush-hour traffic, just trying to make it to a colonoscopy appointment on time.

God is telling us to do things a certain way, asking us to trust that even when we don’t fully understand, obedience is still the wisest path.

There is a big difference between a holding pattern and a liminal space. They both involve waiting, but the difference is in the quality and purpose of that waiting.

When I left New Zealand for Budapest, I stopped calling New Zealand home, but it definitely wasn’t from lack of love.