This month, the Catholic Writers’ Guild is touring Joseph Lewis’s book, ‘Miracle at the Mission.’ It is a 2022 CWG Seal of Approval recipient!
CWG Book Blast! Victoria Ryan’s “I’m Listening: Praying With Art and Story”
This month, the Catholic Writers’ Guild is touring Victoria Ryan’s book, “I’m Listening: Praying with Art and Story.” It is a CWG Seal of Approval recipient! A unique meditation that engages your “right brain” attributes of color, emotion, and imagination to discover God’s fingerprints all over your daily life.
Net-Life
When the internet went down, A.K. Frailey reveled in the opportunity to experience a perfect autumn morning.
Thickets
Thickets are the middle stage of nature’s marvelous development of a forest. From a clear and open space, seeds of grasses, weeds and wildflowers take root and create a meadow that soon fosters shrubs and small trees. Eventually, through a process of change that means the dying of some to […]
CWG Book Blast! Carmela Martino’s “Playing by Heart”
This month, the Catholic Writers’ Guild is touring Carmela Martino’s book, “Playing by Heart.” It is a CWG Seal of Approval recipient! When fifteen-year-old Emilia uses her musical talents to help her father win noble status in 18th-century Milan, the repercussions threaten not only her dreams for her future but […]
My Road: Soul Glories
This week, as I committed to yet another spring cleaning with all the heavy maneuvering, dust-bunny attacks, spider-web encounters, and sticky messes, I awoke at dawn and wondered why my world can’t just stay straight and clean. As I stood with a mug of hot coffee in my hands and […]
CWG Book Blast! Kate Frantz’s “Lectio Divina: 30 Days of Peace Journal”
This month, the Catholic Writers’ Guild is touring Kate Frantz’s book,“Lectio Divina: 30 Days of Peace Journal.” It is a 2022 CWG Seal of Approval recipient! This journal makes it easier than ever to engage in the ancient practice of Lectio Divina, a beautiful way to draw deeper into the […]
CWG Book Blast! “Close to the Soul,” by Mary Jo Thayer
This month, the Catholic Writers’ Guild is touring MaryJo Thayer’s book, “Close to the Soul.” It is a CWG Seal of Approval recipient! Carolyn Fandel, a Catholic teen from a large family, is raped by someone she trusts and will not accept defeat, even when confronted by her rapist a […]
Shimmering Green
Summer leaves alive with shimmering green, Or scarlet with autumn’s glory sheen, Evoking mysteries yet unseen. From inside my human-made abode A window peers into nature’s road. Smooth floors, paneled walls, wood fans cool, Heaters and blankets hold back winter’s fierce rule, Protection and comfort—from a human tool. Yet from […]
Imaginative Wonder
Elves and Wood Folk live here. In a late-summer morning, birds chirping, crickets humming, green leaves languidly swaying, bushes blooming, hens wandering sedately across the yard—queens of their private domain—and my world is blessed. I do not trouble my soul with questions on such a morning. I breathe deep and […]