Helping couples struggling with infertility to process and move beyond their grief to find the fruitfulness God has planned for their marriage.
Welcome to Springs in the Desert, the home of an apostolate dedicated to spiritually and emotionally supporting women and couples as they navigate the frustration, pain and difficulty of infertility. While our experiences are each unique to us, we are women who know how deeply felt the emotions surrounding infertility are, and we too experience... Continue Reading →
How far is it to Bethlehem? Not very far. Shall we find the stable room Lit by a star? Can we see the little Child? Is He within? If we lift the wooden latch May we go in? May we stroke the creatures there Ox, ass, or sheep? May we peep like them... Continue Reading →
I achingly remember last year’s Christmas. I remember feeling like I could fall to pieces at any second. And I did, once we got home. Christmas Eve began a series of nights where I laid in bed, shattered and weeping. I remember apologizing to my husband (whose mother was in the hospital) and I asked... Continue Reading →
Waiting well is finding Jesus where we are, not only where we will be or want to be. Father Dave Pivonka, TOR We love this essay on Advent and the urge to avoid all the "waiting." Fr. Pivonka sets just the right tone for us as we struggle to slow down in this fast-paced holiday... Continue Reading →
I am resting in Him and making time for Him to do His necessary work in me. Then, time becomes a gift. It becomes not minutes and hours, days and weeks to calculate, schedule, and control according to my desired outcomes. It becomes a wide open space for Him to move. Advent is a season... Continue Reading →
A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed. Proverbs 11:25 As a young single woman I enjoyed my life, my friends and my freedom (the last, admittedly, sometimes too much). I valued my independence and the ability to do as I pleased, but still there was a place in my heart that... Continue Reading →
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. Amazingly, despite being a secular holiday, it’s remained largely untouched by commercialism. Contrast it with Halloween, for example – Halloween decorations and (completely inappropriately) lights, have been deployed earlier and earlier in the month of October in preparation for the big night. Similarly, Christmas decorations typically go on... Continue Reading →
“When you ask God for healing, do you actually believe that He can heal you?” This question took me back for a second. What a powerful question my friend posed. She was sharing with me a lesson that she taught her middle school students, but the question she posed really made me consider my own... Continue Reading →
Brothers and sisters: Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. The commandments, You shall not commit adultery; you shall not kill; you shall not steal; you shall not covet, and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this saying, namely, You... Continue Reading →
…in the extreme night which no word penetrates, there will be a voice that calls us, a hand that takes our hand and leads us on. ~ Joseph Ratzinger There are a range of emotions that strike us as we navigate the rough terrain of infertility: frustration, anger, jealousy, hopelessness, to name only some of... Continue Reading →
