As part of my daughter’s American Heritage Girls troop service hours, each family is asked to volunteer at the 24 hour Adoration Chapel. 1 hour. 60 minutes. Doesn’t seem like a lot of time to give, but with small children…
A How-To Guide for Adoration with Small Children
Other People’s Vocations
“I don’t love it!” That’s what our then-four-year-old used to say whenever she didn’t care for something. Time to turn off the TV? Clean-up? Go to bed? I don’t love it. When I tell people I enjoy teaching religious education,…
Knowing the Person of Jesus
Being that the World Synod of Bishops recently covered the theme of the New Evangelization, I had been mining for quotes, ideas, and themes to engage here. This quote, however, stopped me: The Gospel that Jesus Christ came to reveal…
Two Callings: One God
Consider your own calling, brothers. Not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. Rather, God chose the foolish of the world to shame the wise, and God chose the…
So, You Wanna Evangelize?
I have to be honest: I’m a reluctant evangelist at best. I don’t want to go face-to-face with anyone about religion or, really, anything. I don’t want to pretend to discuss something that’s going to turn into a defense or…
Praying for the Holy Souls
It’s November and Catholics are reminded to pray for the release of the Holy Souls in Purgatory. While growing up, I was taught to pray and attend Mass on All Souls Day, November 2, for the souls. It wasn’t until…
What Jesus Did
As Catholics and Christians, we study the life of Jesus in the Gospels and strive to emulate His example. For us, WWJD becomes What Jesus Did (WJD). Jesus had presence in His public ministry. He didn’t rant or rave and…
Clean Your Heart, Simplify Your Life!
There’s always been something about a clean space that has made me think, work, and create better. Perhaps that’s one way I am made in the Image and Likeness of God; for, He too began with a clean slate… actually,…
Preparing for Peace
As a working mother of four, I’ve had more than my share of annoying detours from peaceful living. Perhaps the most edifying detour, however, occurred a few years ago when my oldest daughter returned from a short trip with the…
Weeding
I live in the land of year-round yard work. And sometimes it gets old. Last weekend the dead marigolds on one side and the weeds choking my rose bush on the other demanded attention. First stop, Home Depot Garden Center. …