Staying Connected

Do you remember when your telephone was connected to the kitchen wall? Or how about when your computer was connected to a jack in the wall and you could hear the sounds of being connected to the internet? I’m sure…

Spiritual Direction

Faith is awareness of God as a personal God, with our personal response to the love in which we have come to believe. It is a personal encounter, a contact with the divine Persons into which we are taken by…

The Truth Hidden in a Rosebush

Playing badminton in a friend’s backyard I go long for a birdie, loose my footing, and land in a rosebush. While my friend veils an attempt to compose herself, I look to the heavens with disdain. What my friend does…

3 Unexpected Uses for the Rosary

Spiritual Abacus My mind likes to wander, keeping my thoughts on a subject for longer than 15 seconds can sometimes be a challenge. My short attention span wreaked havoc on my ability to complete a Rosary until the Holy Spirit…

Foot Washing on Holy Thursday

Pedicure. That was my first thought when Fr. Mike asked our family to participate in that year’s Holy Thursday Liturgy. He was calling to invite us to have our feet washed, citing our service to the church that year, as…

Just Leave me God

I want to climb in a hole. I am uttering every profanity known to the universe – sick of it all. Pushing people away is so easy.   Isolating myself is the only answer. Darkness, no light. Just leave, leave me…

Scripture as Teacher

When we last left our hero (Jesus, of course), in my December 2015, Practical Steps to Fill Your Grace Well, New Evangelizers column, He was calling us to be strengthened through the Scriptures. To be honest, many years ago I…

Practical Steps to Fill Your Grace Well

The most effective way to refill the ‘grace well’ at the heart of how we choose the things of God over that of the world is by participating, in what I affectionately refer to as, the “Grace Trifecta”. The secret…

A Seeking Heart – Where I’d put Jesus

I absolutely love that tradition of waiting to put Baby Jesus in the Nativity Scene until Christmas Morning. I, however, have never followed it because I am truly worried I will forget where I hid Baby Jesus. In addition, my…

The Rosary and Me: My Neighbors Think I’m Nuts

This summer, I realized my family was in serious need of prayer. Oh, we are always in need of prayer, but this year things were a little more unsettled than usual. My eldest son was experiencing the growing pains of…

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2018/07/30 By

Staying Connected

Do you remember when your telephone was connected to the kitchen wall? Or how about when your computer was connected to a jack in the wall and you could hear the sounds of being connected to the internet? I’m sure…

2017/03/17 By

Spiritual Direction

Faith is awareness of God as a personal God, with our personal response to the love in which we have come to believe. It is a personal encounter, a contact with the divine Persons into which we are taken by…

2017/02/17 By

The Truth Hidden in a Rosebush

Playing badminton in a friend’s backyard I go long for a birdie, loose my footing, and land in a rosebush. While my friend veils an attempt to compose herself, I look to the heavens with disdain. What my friend does…

2017/01/20 By

3 Unexpected Uses for the Rosary

Spiritual Abacus My mind likes to wander, keeping my thoughts on a subject for longer than 15 seconds can sometimes be a challenge. My short attention span wreaked havoc on my ability to complete a Rosary until the Holy Spirit…

2016/03/24 By

Foot Washing on Holy Thursday

Pedicure. That was my first thought when Fr. Mike asked our family to participate in that year’s Holy Thursday Liturgy. He was calling to invite us to have our feet washed, citing our service to the church that year, as…

2016/02/09 By

Just Leave me God

I want to climb in a hole. I am uttering every profanity known to the universe – sick of it all. Pushing people away is so easy.   Isolating myself is the only answer. Darkness, no light. Just leave, leave me…

2016/01/28 By

Scripture as Teacher

When we last left our hero (Jesus, of course), in my December 2015, Practical Steps to Fill Your Grace Well, New Evangelizers column, He was calling us to be strengthened through the Scriptures. To be honest, many years ago I…

2015/12/24 By

Practical Steps to Fill Your Grace Well

The most effective way to refill the ‘grace well’ at the heart of how we choose the things of God over that of the world is by participating, in what I affectionately refer to as, the “Grace Trifecta”. The secret…

2015/11/26 By

A Seeking Heart – Where I’d put Jesus

I absolutely love that tradition of waiting to put Baby Jesus in the Nativity Scene until Christmas Morning. I, however, have never followed it because I am truly worried I will forget where I hid Baby Jesus. In addition, my…

2015/10/22 By

The Rosary and Me: My Neighbors Think I’m Nuts

This summer, I realized my family was in serious need of prayer. Oh, we are always in need of prayer, but this year things were a little more unsettled than usual. My eldest son was experiencing the growing pains of…