My collection of essays was published by Sunbury Press in November 2024 and is also available on Amazon. Hans von Balthasar (d. 1988) wrote that “truth is symphonic” which is a phrase I quickly copied down in my journal when I first heard it. I see this collection as one light to add to the …
My new essay was posted today on Open to Hope reflecting on the season of Advent and showing up for one another in our darkest hours. I love this quote from Sister Joan Chittister: “Have you never been imprisoned by your fears, your embarrassments, your humiliations, your inadequacies? Because if you have, you know that …
An essay from Elizabeth recently posted on OpenToHope.com. It has been six and a half years since our son, Mack, died suddenly on New Year’s Eve 2012, just shy of his ninth birthday. As the many of us who learn to live newly after loss, we take it on as a part of our lives and …