Another Advent is upon us, and with it comes another opportunity to prepare for Christmas. It took too many years for me to understand why preparing during advent is important, and too many more to...

As we prepare to enter this celebration of Thanksgiving, I can't help but find myself wrestling with my inner search for gratitude amidst the tumult of this year. What do we do when we feel...

I remember being in 5th grade when the first iPhone came out, and how rare it was for my peers or the teenagers that I knew to have one of these. Now, just 13 years later, it’s almost a rarity to go to...

What does hope look like to you? Everybody has the capacity to make art. If you were in the music room, or in front of the potter’s wheel, or just with a fresh blank canvas...

During my first interview for this Ignite Internship, I spoke of my love of music and my intense desire to learn a musical instrument. I became very excited as I explained how, in the past,...

I thought of how blessed we were that she died slowly. I'm not sure I even thought about it until now, but if such a beautiful person were to have left my life abruptly, I...

My commute to work has changed a lot with the fall. The stretches of narrow roads winding through the green hills and forests have become a little emptier, a little colder, and much more colorful....

Work as if success depended on your own efforts – but trust as if all depended on God. St. Ignatius Loyola Back in early April, after our ministry team had fully settled into our new...