This month, the Catholic Writers’ Guild is touring Allison Gingras’s book, Encountering Signs of Faith.
Yet Another Day
Exorbitant fear dooms all, In gloom see nothing but a fall. Dear spirits above holding tight, Overcome tragedy strong-willed might. Fragile flowers do harsh winds face. Honeybees against storms do race. My roots dig deep to foundation core, Faith holds me, feeds me from an ancient store. When the light […]
I Lift My Gaze
“That’s what we storytellers do. We restore order with imagination. We instill hope again and again and again.” ~Walt Disney When I heard Walt Disney’s quote in the movie Saving Mr. Banks a few weeks ago, I knew that he had hit upon a powerful truth. Little did I realize at the time […]
Love’s Fire
Last evening, my kids gathered on a far section of our land. We traipsed across a rickety bridge over our ever-widening creek to reach it. Sheltered by old-growth maples, full of tall grass, vines, and brambles, it’s a wild bit of land. The kids worked hard to clear a space […]
Running for the End Zone
By Janice Lane Palko I recently celebrated my birthday. Now that I’m past the fifty-yard line of life and heading to the end zone, I can no longer deny that I am aging. When I was in my twenties and thirties, I could ignore the subtle signs of the advancing […]
The Promise of Lent and Grace of Eastertide
The one who began a good work in you will continue to complete it until the day of Christ Jesus. (Phillipians 1:6) As the end of Lent nears, we see how far we have come. And we see how far we have to go to become the holy children of […]
What Did You Do with Mercy?
We have been gifted this year by the Pope himself. The gift he has given us is Mercy, one of those things that is more precious than money. So what have you done with that gift so far? Have you even thought about it? You received your gift on December […]
Amazing Grace for Married Couples
Jeff Cavins, Matthew Pinto, and Patti Armstrong teamed up to write this remarkable collection. It portrays the varied experiences of twelve couples whose marriages could never have survived without both spouses having a change of heart. The voices of each husband and wife describe every possible attack against marriage. Situations […]