Most people don’t realize this, but St. Patrick’s Day was never meant to be about green beer, bar crawls, or getting drunk. It’s actually the feast day of a Christian missionary… a man who gave up his entire life in suffering, sacrifice, and relentless obedience to Christ. Fun fact, St. Patrick wasn’t even Irish! He was born around A.D. 385–390 in Roman Britain, likely in a town called Bannavem Taburniae. Historians still debate the exact location, but it was somewhere in wha

God didn’t forget about me, like I thought He might have. For about five years now, I have felt forgotten by God. It has felt like one hit after another. Health struggles, financial strain, hardships in my marriage, my child’s health issues, losing friends, losing income, losing pets… multiple pets, health scares with family., vet bill after vet bill. The list goes on. My mental health eventually crashed so hard last year that it landed me in a 12 week IOP (Intensive outpatie

For me, mental health has never been an abstract topic or a distant concern; it has been a battle I’ve lived through, prayed through, and survived only by the grace of God. Over eleven years ago, I reached a breaking point. My anxiety and PTSD had escalated to a level so severe that I genuinely feared I might lose my mind. I came painfully close to being placed in a mental health facility. I can still remember the shaking, the fear, the numbness, the spiraling thoughts, and

Have you ever wondered why Jesus so often spoke in parables instead of just saying things plainly? Well first, the Old Testament said he would... Wouldn’t it have been easier if He simply said, “Here’s what this means”? But instead, He told stories about farmers sowing seed, shepherds searching for lost sheep, or a father waiting for his prodigal son to come home. I’ve often thought about that, and the more I reflect on it, the more I see the wisdom in it. Jesus didn’t just w