What is it? Can you figure it out? It’s undeniably there! Oh, sorry, but those are the thoughts that run through my head any time I witness Francis engage his people. A few days ago he actually participated in a TV interview and talked (via video link) with real people […]
By a Thread
What would it take for you to physically plunge into a crowd, at risk of great personal embarrassment, just to get a one in a million chance to touch the most famous person of your day? Desperation mixed with some frustration. It was financial ruin, total loss of health and […]
Freelance Writing – When a Book Magically Appears
One Step at a Time One writer expounds on the joys and challenges of parenting their special needs children, another blogs on the health benefits of fermented foods and still another drones on about the benefits of freelance writing. Week after week or month after month another installment is added […]
Time to “Slap Back” at the Self-Serving Intolerance of the Anti-Catholic/Christian
Sorry–it is Good Friday and I do not feel too “bubbly” right now. When I began to contemplate the Cross today and Who was nailed to it I found myself disgusted. I am disgusted and fed up with the approximately 2% of the population who are gay and are screaming […]
Special
In the Catholic community many forms of praise and worship exist. Of those that I am very familiar with is the Charismatic style of worship. Charismatics live the reality of all the spiritual gifts mentioned in 2 Corinthians. There is no denying the blessings and enthusiasm that the Charismatics […]
A Defense of Catholic Commercial Fiction by Maggie Zapp
I have the good fortune to be surrounded by educated people. People who love reading literature that is so heavy I shiver at the thought of slogging through it. Don’t get me wrong, I did my fair share of heavy reading and there were many times where I enjoyed it and […]
For The Good of the Group – Books
What World Is This as reviewed by Kassie Ritman May 2014 for Catholic Writer’s Guild **** (4 stars) When What World Is This was initially released I purchased it as an ebook the first day. I found that I loved reading the stories. The CWG held a random drawing […]
Grace in the Wilderness: Reflections on God’s Sustaining Word along Life’s Journey, by Brother Francis de Sales Wagner, O.S.B.
Brother Francis de Sales offers his readers a source of joy, leading them into the desert where they feast on the reality of God. The Liturgical New Year will soon dawn, a time for new beginnings, not only with reflections on the saints of the day, but the profound messages […]
Catholic Writers Conference Live! A Two-fer Blog for conference goers (and stay-at-homers)
Are you headed for this year’s Catholic Writers Conference Live? If you are, check out my blog from last year regarding conference etiquette. It was good advice then, and I can’t think of a thing to improve on it. Just substitute the words Somerset, New Jersey for Arlington, Texas. If […]
Religion and Politics – A Polite Conversation
You know the old saw about not bringing up religion and politics in polite company? Well, I’m going to bring up both, as we have just entered the second annual Fortnight for Freedom. The U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has again called for two weeks of prayer and action […]