My ministry work has been primarily in the area of youth ministry. I love seeing the fire and passion of a young church- they get me fired up!! And this week, I have the opportunity to perform and speak at the National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis which hosts over 23,000 of these young people. […]
You know what takes the “scary” out of Crossfit? Divine Mercy…
November 5, 2013 by
Crossfit scares me. Let me rephrase that… the stigma of Crossfit scares me. A quick search on Pinterest for anything Crossfit will bring up anything from beautiful toughened up women, to mocking – and even crass and vulgar – statements like “Zumba? B**** I do Crossfit.” So not cool with that… (shout out to the […]
Get out of the way, Katie: Guest Post by Katie Prejean
October 11, 2013 by
173. One hundred and seventy three. One. Seven. Three. No matter how I type it out, the number stays the same…and no matter how closely I looked at the scale that day, that was the weight it was registering at the beginning of September, 2012. I, Katie Prejean, weighed 173 pounds. It was the heaviest […]
Making Room for Prayer
September 29, 2013 by
The alarm goes off. Thanks to iOS7, its a nice little tinkling diddy, rousing me from a night’s precious sleep at 5am. Yes, you read that right…5 am. This is my daily prayer time. This past year’s increased discipline for getting healthy has roused a yawning, stretching, awakening holistic form of discipline […]
Start: Fear ain’t nothin’ but a thang…
August 24, 2013 by
Hitting “Publish” on this post scares the bejeebers out of me. After 15 years of taking a national stage in Catholic youth ministry, raising 4 kids, making 3 CD’s, writing a bit for several publications/blogs, diving into the exciting and terrifying world of multi-parish youth ministry, and traveling the country speaking on the healing, peace […]
My name is Joia
and I used to only run when chased. Wife...Mama...Rocker...TurboKickin'... Word.
