Prepare your hearts and stockings: The 2021 Radiant Christmas gift guide
In case all of the Christmas decor that’s been up in stores for at least a month hasn’t clued you in yet, here’s your reminder that Jesus’ birthday is right…
The 12 days of Christmas joy
Hurry. Decorate. Shop. Celebrate. Collapse. By the time Dec. 26 rolls around, you’re glad the radio has stopped playing Christmas carols. If you’ve ever encountered the holidays this way (or…
What the Incarnation means for a bride of Christ
During my college years, the mystery of the Incarnation ceased to be just a historical event and instead became a personal encounter with Jesus Christ. I would have never dreamed…
The Advent book every woman should read
How many Christmas cards portray an image of the Holy Family as the snow falls gently at Jesus’ Nativity? And there we see Mary, the Mother of God, nestled right…
Come, let us adore with song
In a year when we are unable to worship in our churches in the same vibrant and musical way of seasons past, making time for liturgical music may just be…
Awake my soul: The 2020 Radiant Christmas gift guide
Christmas is just around the corner! And after the year we’ve had, I think we can all agree that we’re ready. The lights, the good food, the family traditions and…
Having a childlike perspective
After four weeks of purple, penance and reflection, we’ve finally made it to Christmas! I love how Holy Mother Church gives us these days to prepare us opposed to just…
Embracing failure in Advent
Every year, Christmas comes. It may find me kicking and screaming, curled up in the corner frantically wrapping and sweating and wondering how it happened to come so fast. In…
A thrill of hope
Walking to the back of the Church, I am completely exhausted though we’ve only made it to the homily. My one-and-a-half-year-old is pulling incessantly at my shirt demanding milk. I…
‘Tis the season: The Radiant Christmas gift guide is here!
This year, winter caught me by surprise. One day I was out hiking in the leaves; the next I was scraping ice off my car (welcome to the Midwest). In…
