Category: Reflection and Devotion
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There comes a moment in every parent’s life when love reaches its limit, not because we stop loving, but because we can no longer fight every battle for the ones we cherish. This week at our church conference, God used unexpected acts of kindness, an unforgettable childhood memory, and the story of Moses to remind…
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This week, a simple question from a teenager stopped me in my tracks: “What’s the difference between Catholics and us?” As we talked, I realized he wasn’t learning theology in church or at home; he was learning it on social media. That conversation led me to Paul’s visit to the Areopagus, where he brought the…
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Where was the man? That simple question, asked during a VBS lesson, stayed with me long after class ended. How often do we shine a spotlight on one person’s failure while overlooking everyone else’s? And how often are we quick to hold a stone, yet slow to let Christ examine our own hearts? This week’s…
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Sometimes God’s greatest acts of grace are the ones we never see. This week, a storm rolled through my community with powerful winds, flash flooding, and damage left behind. As I reflected on the roads I traveled, the decisions I made, and the things that could have happened but didn’t, I was reminded of a…
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I had a dream this week that would not leave me alone. Two people I loved were lying in hospital beds. Then a doctor walked in and said, “They’re going to be okay. They’re just resting.” The moment I heard those words, I fainted. As I reflected on that dream, an unexpected lesson emerged through…
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We spend so much time asking whether a story happened that we sometimes forget to ask what it is teaching us. “If I see someone experience something and I have already seen the outcome, why shouldn’t I learn from it?” God’s grace is found not only in second chances but also in the lessons He…
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✨ New on Grace Across Borders ✨ Sometimes the jobs we overlook carry the heaviest burdens. This week’s reflection is deeply personal — from covering a cleaning shift for my mother years ago, to realizing how quickly we judge work we have never had to do ourselves. What I thought would be “easy work” humbled…
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New on Grace Across Borders “Little by little, adding to the basket, the basket becomes full.” 🌴🧺 A birthday reflection on grace, family, sacrifice, gratitude, and learning to give people their flowers while they can still smell them. 💛 #GraceAcrossBorders #MayBabies #BirthdayReflection
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Some wounds do not silence us immediately. They teach us to slowly bury our own voice. This week’s Grace Across Borders is deeply personal. I share the story of a moment from high school that quietly shaped years of fear, self-doubt, and running from the very thing I believe God was calling me to do.…
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There is a kind of tired that sleep does not fix. Not just physical, but emotional and spiritual. The kind that comes after you have done everything right, and still feel drained. In 1 Kings 19, Elijah reaches that point. After witnessing God move in a powerful way, he finds himself running, exhausted, and ready…
