Today marks my first day of seminary and I can’t stop thinking of a specific scene. I was 10 years old, sitting on my bedroom floor when I pulled out my diary and wrote out a bucket list. I can still see it.

A couple of weeks ago was the anniversary of my grandmother passing away. My mom visited the cemetery and sent me a picture of her gravestone. For the first time, I realized something that was pivotal to me. 

I’m just going to come out and say it - Summer is my least favorite season. I won’t say I hate it per se, but I’m convinced it hates me. Regardless, I’ve learned that the key to enduring months of triple digit weather is to intentionally seek out things that bring me joy, fun and rest.

This summer has been a bit different for me as I have intentionally leaned into a season of pursuing simplicity, contentment and slowness. To that end, I want to share three things I have particularly enjoyed this season that are low or no cost and high satisfaction…

What does God sound like? This is a question that many of us have asked, many times, with a tone of shame. What if we approached it with curiosity instead?

Through the lens of my cultural heritage, I have witnessed God's intentional design and His divine plan for my life. In this blog, I want to share my reflections on the intersection of my Christian faith and Latina identity, remembering the gift that it is and encouraging my fellow Latina sisters to do the same.

A couple of weeks ago I was invited to preach at Sowers Summit in New York. I plan to write more in depth about the experience as a whole but I am still processing a lot of it so today we’ll focus on comparison.

Recently, my family entered into a new season when, after 14 years of serving in ministry at our church, my husband and I felt the call to transition away. I am sharing three prayers that I have had on repeat before God and what I have been processing from these prayers.

Why Spanish worship holds a special place in our hearts and 2 curated playlists featuring praise songs and another with worship song, representing diverse worship leaders from across Latin America.

How can hope, an essential element of our Christian walk that the Bible says will remain along with faith and love, make us sick?

I recently chatted with a friend on IG Live and one of the questions she asked me was what my ideal vacation would be. Instantly, images of tropical getaways, international holidays steeped in history and culture and adventurous excursions ran through my mind.

Growing up, we wore what we found on the sale rack, y punto. As an adult, my one personal style rule has been a comfort. I love to admire fashion trends, but I always default back to what I'm comfortable in, and for the last decade, neutrals have been my comfort. Yet here I was, 45 minutes into this podcast episode, and I, the forever-in-neutral girl, was curious about my knockout colors.

Amigas, here is a cuentito (little story) about how I recently got my heart broken over a home update.

I started seeing a therapist a year and a half ago. Here is what I understand about therapy now:

Trends will end and styles will vary, so we won’t get into all that here. Instead, these are 3 easy ways for us to infuse our culture in our casas. Let’s get into it!

In 2018, we bought our first home and I, a bona fide city girl, began gardening. I use the term gardening very lightly because those first couple of years I did more killing than growing.

A summer booklist that includes some deep theology, solid history, and some of the most spectacular storytelling I’ve read in a long time.

Go pour yourself a cafe and enjoy this new room in our internet casita, the LLJ Blog.