In today’s culture we have a tendency to look at the events of our lives and define them with a precise beginning and an end. This is particularly true of our holiday events. We plan and prepare for the Easter meal and make sure we have gotten sufficient chocolate bunnies, […]
What Are You Waiting For?
It’s mid-Lent. How’s it going so far? Is your writing holier, more reverent, a better witness? Have you thought about how this “season of waiting” is affecting you? Maybe you haven’t had the time? We are not used to waiting. We call, tweet, text, download, upload, blog, and have a […]
Have A Heart!
St. Valentine was a real person. A Roman priest from the third century, he was beheaded for assisting Christian couples to marry. He was not a cherub who shot arrows at lovers. None the less, that image remains firmly in our culture. Perhaps we are incurably romantic. There’s just something […]
What’s New?
The doldrums of winter are with us. The hoopla of the holiday is past and thoughts about resolutions show up all around us. The New Year tempts us with the challenge to “start fresh”. That’s not a bad thing but sometimes intent can lead us to self judgment when we […]
Bringing the Light
Advent is almost over! After that, the inevitable ritual that follows the grand finale of a blow-out holiday like Christmas. On 12/26 those new toys will be old, and you might still be wading through the knee-high leftovers of paper and ribbon. That’s when you ask yourself questions like: Are […]
A Matter of Language
Once again the rhythm of our Church has delivered us to Advent and the Church itself has embarked on a project that is aimed directly at the heart of the Liturgy, the language. As a Catholic writer what’s your level of understanding about the how and […]
On The Right Track
In the arts there are always two perspectives of “gift”. Those would be your own and then the rest of the world’s. Have you heard the newest pint sized version of a prodigy, Jackie Evancho? She’s only eleven and anyone who is semi-conscious would say; “amazing”, after […]
Salty Language
How long have you known that you had the itch to write? I bet it has been a while, maybe even since you were a kid. As a writer develops I think that one of the hardest things is to “believe it”. As a teen and […]