by Nik Sternhagen | Jan 30, 2026 | Blog Articles, Monthly Reflection
I’ll never forget that first seizure. I turned around to find my sweet baby – who just seconds before was happily playing on the floor – folded in half, jerking, and turning blue. That was the first of countless seizures. For our family, this month’s...
by Nik Sternhagen | Jan 16, 2026 | Blog Articles
On August 6, 1965, the Beatles released an unexpectedly honest cry to the world: Help. John Lennon confessed that the song was a real release, almost an involuntary prayer amid overwhelming fame. Curiously, today—when “public life” seems to be both a universal stage...
by Nik Sternhagen | Jan 9, 2026 | Blog Articles
It all started with an offering. The Apostleship of Prayer was founded in 1844 in Vals, France, out of a simple and deeply evangelical desire: to offer one’s life united to the Heart of Christ. A group of young Jesuits, filled with missionary zeal, were studying...
by Nik Sternhagen | Jan 2, 2026 | Blog Articles
“The instruction of the Lord is perfect, renewing life; the precepts of the Lord are enduring, giving wisdom to the simple.” (Psalm 19:7) The psalmist affirms that the instruction or teaching of the Lord (in Hebrew, “torah”), which is preserved in...
by Nik Sternhagen | Jan 1, 2026 | Blog Articles
O Lord Jesus Christ, open the eyes of my heart that I may hear your Word, and understand and do your will, for I am a sojourner upon the Earth. Hide not your commandments from me, but open my eyes, that I may perceive the wonders of your Law. Speak unto me the hidden...
