Kimberly Novak recreates a decisive moment when a single light conveys God’s voice. When I feel the cool morning breeze and gaze upon the dew-kissed grass glistening in the sun, Love speaks. As my body rests peacefully on an empty chair nestled in the meadow, Love speaks. The chair’s shape cradles […]
Confessions of a Journal Writer
Journal writing entered my life when I received a pastel tie-dye-covered diary for my ninth birthday. The diary came with two dainty little keys, which I guarded with my life, though a sharp pair of shears could have gained anyone entry. That summer, I discovered my aptitude and affection for […]
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! “The Handy Little Guide to Prayer,” by Barb Szyszkiewicz
This month, the Catholic Writers’ Guild is touring Barb Szyszkiewicz’s book, “The Handy Little Guide to Prayer.” It has an Imprimatur and Nihil Obstat! In this easy-to-read, down-to-earth introduction to conversation with God, you’ll discover, or rediscover, what you need to be able to “pray without ceasing.” Summary: God knows […]
CWG Book Blast! “A Painted Rosary,” by Kate Frantz
This month, the Catholic Writers’ Guild is touring Kate Frantz’s book, “A Painted Rosary.” It is a CWG Seal of Approval recipient! Meditate with sacred art and transform the way you pray the Rosary! Summary: A Painted Rosary cleverly pairs a modern and sleek design with the richness of traditional […]
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 […]
Chorus
A poem a day might well keep despair away. I’ve been reading 150 Most Famous Poems published by Poetry House with works by Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, and many more. What I find so extraordinary is that while reading, I enter a sort of dreamland, […]
What Really Matters?
As I maneuver between the goalposts of my day, I brush up against all sorts of realities. Some deceivingly mundane, some clearly molehills, others require deep prayer to survive their clutching, smothering embrace. As a sat in the library on a Saturday morning where I had offered a writers’ support […]
Menagerie of Hidden Influences
My synaptic mailbox is full. Sitting in a relatively quiet room—the birds are chirping outside, the downstairs refrigerator is rattling, and the drier is whirling about—I alternate my gaze from myriad unfinished projects to pictures and paintings covering the walls to the well-tended jungle growing just beyond my porch. In […]
If Trees Could Talk
If trees could talk, What would they say? If they could walk, Would they also play? Leaves tremble in silent breeze. Their colors change, as seasons please. Fruit for the plucking. Bees—nectar sucking. Giants with myriad homes, Rest for the weary soul. Hewn down. Unable to escape—fire, flood, disease… Yet […]