SPRING TIME (1-min read) By Lisa Livezey “All my fresh springs are in thee.” – Psalm 87:7 (DW-DO)[1] As a devotional writer, I sometimes worry that moments of spiritual inspiration might dry up. Deadlines loom – some professionally set and others personally mandated. What if I run dry of sacred […]
Why the One-Minute Photo Devotion?
Lisa Livezey shares the story behind her one minute photo devotions.
Grounded
Lord, I can’t see the big picture. Help me to trust in You in the midst of change and to be a “giving tree” deeply rooted in You and upon which those around me can depend.
Maria Riley shares tips for combating writer’s block.
As a Catholic writer, I am blessed and challenged by the knowledge that what I am writing is not really my own words. My goal every time I sit down at the keyboard is to write the words God wants from me. For this reason, I have learned that I […]
The Story Behind the CWG Book Blasts
Michael Fraley explains the benefits of participating in the monthly CWG Book Blast.
Learning to Just Be
Our lives are often rushed. This summer’s calendar has been packed fuller than any before—trying to get household things done while running children here, there, and everywhere has me feeling rushed and a bit frantic some days. (Leave it to high gas prices to teach me a lesson about […]
Lessons from the Garden
I have growing sympathy for Mr. McGregor. McGregor, you may remember, is the mean old man who chases Peter Rabbit out of the garden. If I remember correctly (unlike Winnie the Pooh and Wind in the Willows, Peter Rabbit is not a book one tends to read as an adult), […]
Tending The Garden of Your Heart
Kimberly Novak shares heartfelt lessons she learned through the blooming of a Christmas Cactus. “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched; they must be felt within the heart.” Helen Keller Many instances in our lives make a good argument for Helen Keller’s […]
Our Lady Showered the People with Abundance
“I have heard their prayers. Assure them that as of this day, their suffering has come to an end.” There is a town located in Italy called Cursi. It is in the Apulia region of southeast Italy, and if you look at the map of the country, it is located […]
My Part to Play
Autumn is just about here, and I am grateful beyond words for so many things. Even as local and world upheavals distress my soul, so I breathe a prayer and turn my gaze to tasks at hand. What is my part to play in this maelstrom we call life with […]