Running Shorts and Chapel Veils

I've realized that some of the most effective tools for speaking about Christ are stories. I mean who doesn't love a good story? They're personal, emotional, sometimes funny, and they always touch our hearts in ineffable ways. It is easy to see God working in the lives of others when they openly speak about their lives, so I've decided that this blog is going to focus a lot more on storytelling. My story telling. And with all the big changes happening in my life, I figured it might be about time that I share one of the favorite stories of my life, my vocation story. First, I'm going to actually start with something very recent. This summer, on July 7, Patrick and I got betrothed. Betrothal is an old rite in the Catholic Church that basically makes our engagement official and binding. Binding in the sense that if we want to get out of it, we have to get it absolved by the Church. So basically, we are in this for the long run, and if we decide otherwise, we are goin...