To be at home

To be at home

The cliché response to all of this would be that Heaven is our true home, and until we get there, we are simply pilgrims on a journey towards that Home. But that answer doesn’t necessarily satisfy the inner turmoil that all of this has created. As far as my earthly life is concerned, where do I belong?…

There is no fear in love

There is no fear in love

When I originally titled my blog “Fearless Adventuring,” I desired to live life fearlessly and share the adventures with all of you, the readers. I would say that I was pretty successful in doing so. Did I live life completely fearlessly? No. But did I let the darkness of fear overcome me? No…

To embrace our vocation

To embrace our vocation

It's so easy to be constantly looking ahead to the next thing. I get it. I graduate college in less than six months, and I spend more time thinking about the future (career-wise and vocation-wise) than I care to admit. I’m afraid we’ve created a space that makes it easy for someone to dispose of their current vocation because it’s seen as an obstacle in the way of the next step of their lives. But how do we fall in love with, rather than resent, our current state of life?…

For love alone

For love alone

This summer, I was reading a book full of letters from St. Gianna Beretta Molla to her husband Pietro when he was away on business trips. My heart couldn’t help but be lit on fire by the raw love that she was pouring out into those letters, but they weren’t cheesy, gushy letters like you would find in a stereotypical romance movie or novel…