Columnists
Kat Larson

Merciful Doubt

The new calendar year officially began in January and the new liturgical year started even before that. Nevertheless, the new Easter season seems to hold

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Life
Kat Larson

Deactivated

While I was growing up, I developed a serious case of FOMO (Fear of Missing Out). I never really fit in with the group of

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Health & Fitness
Kat Larson

What Do You Wish For?

I have been falling from grace recently. My life has not been going the way I had anticipated. To make matters worse, I have given

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Feasts
Kat Larson

Rejoice!

As Advent draws to a close, hope arises in anticipation of our Savior’s birth. However, as my pastor reached the ambo to begin his homily,

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Feasts
Kat Larson

Just Call Me Ms. Scrooge

I grew up hearing the story of Mr. Scrooge as often as I heard the story of the birth of the Christ child. My grandmother

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Health & Fitness
Kat Larson

Unexpected Surrender

I can still remember the sheer fear I experienced when I had to give up the doctor I had seen for my diabetes in Colorado.

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Politics
Kat Larson

The Calm After the Storm

Everyone references the old saying “the calm before the storm” in many of life’s most trying situations, but no one talks much about the calm

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Politics
Kat Larson

The Opposition

There has been so much hate, anger, and lies surrounding this election. People are claiming this election will be the most important one they have

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Health & Fitness
Kat Larson

Lord Have Mercy

I cannot remember a time in my life when I felt fully comfortable in my own skin. Looking in a mirror, I see only the

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Health & Fitness
Kat Larson

The Theology of the Body

I was diagnosed with Type I diabetes when I was 18 years old. The condition had been unknown for at least three months during my

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Religion
Kat Larson

Testimony

The current state of this world has caused me to withdraw from it in many ways. The depression I struggled with off and on my

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Life
Kat Larson

Soul Mate

I have embarked on a voyage of praying a 54-day Novena, and although this novena can be said for any intention a person might have

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Prayer
Kat Larson

27 Days of Petition

There are times in my life when I need to fall on my knees at the Lord’s feet and humbly ask for mercy. It has

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Family
Kat Larson

The Letter Sweater

I have always been a hopeless romantic. I grew up holding many romantic notions in my mind and heart, always dreaming of the day when

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Theater
Kat Larson

Hamilton

When I was growing up, I developed a vivid imagination. It was sparked by several stories that literally animated my childhood, mainly fairy tales that

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Columnists
Kat Larson

Holy Disturbance

On Corpus Christi last year, the homily focused on how humans have this never-ending desire for satisfaction. If I only look to worldly goods to

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Family
Kat Larson

Celebration of Life

My grandfather died in May. I have experienced the loss of several loved ones throughout my life; I should be able to accept death. The

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