The camaraderie with other writers at the Catholic Writers Retreat was exciting and the speakers encouraging. The space and time to write was a breath of peace in my over busy life. We had plenty of time slots designated for writing and a critique group of ten writers in various […]
Mary and the secret to evangelization
“Faith is an encounter with Jesus Christ, with God, from which faith is born, and from there it brings you to witness,” Pope Francis tweeted. That’s what happened to the Virgin Mary. Mary’s encounter with God’s messenger changed her life. The Holy Spirit overwhelmed her with such joy she could […]
Circle of Good
This story came to me as a tweet. It haunted me for a day and a night, compelling me to share it. The author is unknown. The facts cannot be authenticated, although feedback on this post indicated that it refers to the Babemba Tribe of South Africa and their “Circle […]
How to Benefit from a Critique Group
I’m excited about presenting the Non-Fiction Critique Workshop at the Catholic Writers Guild Live Conference, July 18-21, for the fourth year. I draw from my experience as facilitator and co-facilitator of two different critique groups to demonstrate how a critique group works. Here are some guidelines on the whys and […]
Partners with God
“For we are God’s co-workers, you are God’s field, God’s building.” (1 Cor. 3:9) We are called by God to take care of his creation, not just as stewards but as co-creators with God. His work continues with our help, in the fields of our lives. In the spiritual realm, […]
Me? An evangelist?
Did you know that when you were baptized, you were anointed to be an evangelist? Yes — you, I and every Christian are meant to bring others into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. How do we do that? There are as many ways as there are people to fulfill this […]
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 […]
A Chalice full of talents
As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God’s varied grace. –1 Peter 4:10 The Deacon gave his homily on Mt. 24:14-30, the parable of the talents. He presented the talents as the presence and grace of God, given to us […]
Valentines for God
How are your New Year’s resolutions going? Feeling guilty yet? The excesses of the holidays make clear the need to evaluate many aspects of our lives and resolve to change them. In February we realize how idealistic we were on the first day of a new year. What’s so obvious […]
Don’t forget to register for the Catholic Writers Conference Online
The busiest committee right now is our Catholic Writers Conference Online, lead by Karina Fabian and Laura Lowder. “We’ve had more people assist this year. Promotions have started,” Karina said. But you can help promote the conference by sending out the posting the release below on social media, blogs and […]