A Love Story: Love Beyond the Grave.

A Love Story: Love Beyond the Grave.

It’s Valentine’s Day! Bring on the chocolates, balloons, cards, wildly romantic gestures, and sappy romantic comedies (that we all pretend to hate, but secretly love). This time of year has us all lamenting or celebrating relationships statuses, pondering what-ifs,...
Worth Watching: I Am Big Bird

Worth Watching: I Am Big Bird

At the beginning of the summer I wrote a summer movie preview and highlighted I Am Big Bird as one of the movies I was most looking forward to.  Well, it took two feet of snow for me to finally sit down and watch it.  The documentary is a tribute to the life and work...
10 Moments for Lent

10 Moments for Lent

Alright folks, we’re about to kick off another Lent. What better way to start than by sharing some classic Lenten experiences? These are only funny because we’ve all been there at some point. When you check the mirror to make sure your ash still looks good. When...
Spring Today, Gone Tomorrow

Spring Today, Gone Tomorrow

Half the snow has melted already, my shoes are muddy, the birds are singing and I couldn’t be happier. The sun is actually warm and the winds bring a smile, the smell of soil, wet trees and hidden fall leaves. It’s January in South Dakota. Now, if you’re from the...
Mercy Me

Mercy Me

I don’t know about you, but Pope Francis just continually inspires and surprises me. There is something so pastoral to his demeanor. Pope Francis has declared this year a Jubilee of Mercy, inviting us all to seek and to live and to serve mercifully. He certainly has...
Abandoning Football Just in Time for the Super Bowl

Abandoning Football Just in Time for the Super Bowl

Embed from Getty Images I remember sitting next to my dad as we took a break from chores to enjoy some Sunday football. Dad was a Chicago Bears fan, so naturally I was as well. He would call out plays before they happened – a tight end slant into the endzone or...
A New Creation

A New Creation

Just as finals were winding down in December, I hopped aboard a red-eye and traveled home to be with family for the holidays. Even with my flight delayed, and the remains of a meatball sub spilled all over my shirt, I was excited to spend time with my siblings and...
Iowa 2016: Five Things We Learned

Iowa 2016: Five Things We Learned

  It’s 9 months until Election Day, and here are five things we learned from the Iowa Caucuses:   1. Cruz Won; Clinton and Sanders Tied Ted Cruz pulled well ahead of Donald Trump, while Hillary Clinton virtually tied with Bernie Sanders.  For the...