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A scriptural journey to discovering your identity as the Bride of Christ One of the greatest lessons I ever learned came from observing a catechist teach an 8th grade class. He had brought a strange instrument (I knew it was from his work in a chemistry lab; the kids knew nothing) and asked them to […]
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Prefer to listen instead? Click here for the audio version of this blog on Spotify. A monk with a big yikes past Perhaps of all the stories we’ve read so far in this series, Abba Moses the Black (also known as “the Robber” or “the Strong”) has one of the most cinematic—and most surprising—transformations. And […]
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Prefer to listen instead? Click here for the audio version of this blog on Spotify. A monk with a big yikes past Perhaps of all the stories we’ve read so far in this series, Abba Moses the Black (also known as “the Robber” or “the Strong”) has one of the most cinematic—and most surprising—transformations. And […]
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Holy Spirit…You Okay? Not gonna lie to you, when the idea for this series, Into the Wilderness: A Lenten Pilgrimage with the Desert Fathers, came, I was skeptical. First, because the Desert Fathers aren’t exactly the people I’d turn to for advice on dealing with most modern issues. They weren’t balancing grocery lists, work emails, […]
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Holy Spirit…You Okay? Not gonna lie to you, when the idea for this series, Into the Wilderness: A Lenten Pilgrimage with the Desert Fathers, came, I was skeptical. First, because the Desert Fathers aren’t exactly the people I’d turn to for advice on dealing with most modern issues. They weren’t balancing grocery lists, work emails, […]
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We're the moms behind Marian Mindset! Both of us became mothers before we felt ready for the gift of motherhood—Olivia at 17 with an unexpected pregnancy, and Hannah with surprise twins after being told she couldn’t have children. For years we struggled—yelling, threatening, and feeling like we were being punished.
But we also had the sense that motherhood wasn't meant to be like this; that God didn’t design motherhood to be a cross. Through His providence, we discovered mindset work, a practice rooted deep in Sacred Scripture and Tradition dating back to the early Church. And that work changed everything...
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