While chatting with E last month, she prodded me to blog more about the journey of preparing for marriage. The trouble is, I am learning so much but don’t feel as though I’ve made sufficient sense of things to write a post. I’ve definitely fallen into the Pinterest rabbit hole. After scrolling through too many … Continue reading
An East Coast kinda weekend… {A Theology of the Body workshop with Sr. Helena Burns. fsp/ A long overdue night in downtown Toronto with my li’l bro/ My new wheels/ Reading right now…These Beautiful Bones by Emily Stimpson} A West Coast kinda weekend… {A final canoe ride before fall sets in/ And it was all yellow … Continue reading
A few months ago, we were approached by a young woman interested in contributing to F&PB. Amanda Johnson is from Ottawa, Ontario and will be periodically contributing to this humble little blog. Last night Eunice and I were Skyping into the wee hours of the morning, planning future blogging adventures, catching up, and sharing in one … Continue reading
On a recent trip, I visited a Baptist youth minister to learn about youth ministry in their church. He told me that if there’s one thing he could instill in the youth, it would be a love for the Word. I told him I knew that there’s the all too familiar joke that Catholics don’t … Continue reading
Above all, trust in the slow work of God. We are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without delay. We should like to skip the intermediate stages. We are impatient of being on the way to something unknown, something new. And yet it is the law of all progress that it is … Continue reading
Today the Conclave made history by electing not only the first Jesuit pope, but the first pope from the Americas. Jorge Mario Bergoglio, SJ was a top contender in the previous conclave that elected Benedict in 2005. He was seriously overlooked by the media and Catholics everywhere in the lead up to this conclave due primarily … Continue reading
Becs and I have been jet-setting and are finally both back in one country. We thought it about time to share some Lenten encouragement all around. 40 days and we’re at day 21. We have just past the halfway point ladies & gents. In a marathon this is the point where I think most people … Continue reading
Today’s guest post is submitted by Ally. I hope it brings you healing and hope as we approach Lent. To read more stories about single-heartedness, check out all the posts in our Divine Romance Series. -B Sickness and Single-Heartedness: My Story “I never know exactly how (or where) to start when discussing the year I … Continue reading
Eunice and I were chatting last week about faith journeys and how we were feeling compelled to share our own first encounters with God on this blog. I keep coming back to “Always be prepared to share the source of your joy”.. “Are we not perhaps all afraid in some way? If we let Christ … Continue reading
No matter how far I travel, no matter what jobs I change. No matter who I am with at the time, which friendships shift and which become even more rooted, it is the Lord, my God who greets me at the airport to welcome me home. I think this is what He is trying to … Continue reading
Jesus you are here in this moment. Beside me moment by moment with your hand to guide me and your very heart outpoured for me. I can’t believe that another Impact has come to a close! 1 city, 15 weeks, 57 passionate, Christ-centred, inspiring young people, hundreds of glory stories and lives changed and here … Continue reading
faith and peanut butter 