One day I shared with my university professor father the name of a religious text I was using in my homeschool, and my dad snorted in disgust. “Use books with real material, for God’s sake!” The I-couldn’t-shoot-through-it-with-a-laser-gun irony was not lost on me. After all, every choice I made in my homeschooling […]
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 […]
So Loved the World
Christmas—the birth of God as human being. What a concept! For my kids’ generation, I have to translate it in terms of an alien coming to Earth, revealing Himself as the seed of human origin. We are more likely to believe in aliens than angels these days. But, be that […]
CWG Book Blast! “Waiting with Elmer,” by Deanna Kipker Klingel
This month, the Catholic Writers’ Guild is touring Deanna Kipker Klingel’s’s book, “Waiting with Elmer.” It is a CWG Seal of Approval recipient! Alone, abandoned and waiting, in the strange little town of Waitnsee, Willy discovers a different sort of family. Summary: This was the hardest part about a new place; […]
CWG Book Blast: Matt Estrade’s “The Peace With Dementia Rosary: Education, Intentions, Community”
This month, the Catholic Writers’ Guild is touring Matt Estrade’s book, “The Peace with Dementia Rosary: Education, Intentions, Community.” It received an Imprimatur on June 6, 2019. What if your Catholic faith could help guide you on the journey when your family has been impacted by Alzheimer’s disease or another […]
The Strange Paradox of COVID-19: Saving the lonely by making them lonelier
I have learned that loneliness has no boundaries. It reaches out for everyone and captures many of the unsuspecting, including the seemingly happy, satisfied, and successful. Yes, loneliness is capable of dragging the lonely into a world of hidden misery and often depression. It can attack anyone at any time, […]
CWG Book Blast! “A Love Such As Heaven Intended,” by Amanda Purcell Lauer
This month, the Catholic Writers’ Guild is touring Amanda Purcell Lauer’s book, “A Love Such As Heaven Intended.” It is a 2019 CWG Seal of Approval recipient! Civil War socialite Josephine Bigelow finds more than she bargains for when she goes undercover to reveal the plight of Confederate soldiers held […]
CWG Book Blast! “The Lion’s Heart,” by Dena Hunt
This month, the Catholic Writers’ Guild is touring Dena Hunt’s book, “The Lion’s Heart.” In 2016 it received both the CWG Seal of Approval and the CALA award! Is love ever wrong? Paul Meyer has never let anyone get too close. Until Max. Summary: The Lion’s Heart is a heart-rending […]
CWG Book Blast! Ecsodus Vision, by Deacon Patrick Jones
This month, the Catholic Writers’ Guild is touring Guildie Deacon Patrick Augustin Jones’s book, Ecsodus Vision It has been issued a Rescript by Bishop Michael J. Sheridan. What if Martin Luther had healed a rift rather than caused one? Ida and Simon discover how remarkably different the world might be […]
Truly an extraordinary ministry: I am an EMHC and I am honored to be one
I wish to clarify something right away. I am NOT a Eucharistic Minister. I am an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion (EMHC). ‘Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion” is the proper term for the people involved in this ministry. The term “Eucharist” is never to be in their title. That term […]