Merry Christmas

A merry and blessed Christmas to you all! I have often wished I could step into a favorite story and experience it first-hand, at least for a time. How humbling and thrilling, at once, to know that the Author of our story stepped into the world among His creations! We […]

Merry Christmas!

A happy and blessed Christmas to all of you! We receive many gifts during the Christmas season: gifts of material, gifts of family, gifts of grace. We receive the greatest gift in Christ, of course, and if you’re like me, you find it difficult at times, especially in the midst […]

Shout it Forward

CatholicMom.com’s “Lawn Chair Catechism” gets into The Great Story of Jesus this week.  How well do we know the story of Jesus?  How well do we share it?  And how well do we emulate the story of Jesus when we do share it? In her book Forming Intentional Disciples, Sherry […]

The Hope that is in You

“I heard you’re writing a book?” “Well, I’m not writing it, exactly…” Its easy to get discouraged, isn’t it? The right words don’t seem to come, or a deadline looms (or passes!), or someone doesn’t “get” what you’re writing. Family emergencies arrive, bills have to be paid, crises come and go. […]

On Nature and… Nature

(“Or, a consideration of the meaning of ‘nature’ in which Joe uses many quotation marks and funny words”) Toward the end of his autobiographical Surprised by Joy, C. S. Lewis writes about meeting lifelong friend A. K. Hamilton Jenkin: “…Jenkin seemed to be able to enjoy everything; even ugliness. I […]

A cuppa Joe…

So who is this new guy posting to the CWG blog? I’m a teacher, instructional designer, and proud homeschooling dad. I’m a Catholic blogger and am working on my first contracted book. I’m a Jersey boy (no, not the Shore – much further west!), and even in my short life, […]