The joy of conversion, Christian community, and the Catholic faith
The upstairs windows are washed, and the glass and crystal knick-knacks on the top of the sash and sill have been wiped off. Looking out, I notice the seventy-foot maple in the neighbor’s yard is tipped in dark red. Within a week, it will flash its fall color, a glowing dark-orange. In front of the...
Featured on CatholicWritersGuild.com The camaraderie with other writers at the Catholic Writers Retreat was exciting and the speakers encouraging. The space and time to write was a breath of peace in my over busy life. We had plenty of time slots designated for writing and a critique group of ten writers in various genres. I...
Don’t miss hearing Elizabeth Scalia as the keynote speaker for the upcoming Your Word is My Delight: A Catholic Writer’s Retreat, sponsored by The Catholic Writers Guild. Scalia is well known as The Anchoress, Editor-in-Chief, AleteiaEN,. She blogs at TheAnchoress, is the author of Strange Gods. She is a Benedictine Oblate, an award-winning writer. and...
If you are ready to take your unpublished fiction or nonfiction manuscript to the next level, come to the Catholic Writers Conference where I will be facilitating a critique workshop for the fourth year. You can meet publishers and other authors and immerse yourself in the world of Catholic writing, publishing and networking. These opportunities...
Inspiring and Equipping Catholics to Evangelize is the theme of the new website. NancyHCWard.com, It’s meant to help us: Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope, but do it with gentleness and reverence. (1 Peter 3:15-16) I’ve gathered all the pertinent information about my...
Dear friends, prayer warriors, authors, readers and subscribers of JOYAlive.net. Thank you! We give thanks to God always for all of you, remembering you in our prayers, unceasingly calling to mind your work of faith and labor of love and endurance in hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father (1 Thess...
I’ll be facilitating the Non-Fiction Workshop at the Catholic Writers Conference. If you write non-fiction in any genre check out this link and contact me about signing up for the workshop. Check out the highlights of CWC LIVE!: Schaumburg, Illinois, May 15, 2016/Christian Newswire/ Several prominent Catholic writers will speak at the eighth annual...
KUDOS Endorsements for Nancy Ward and Sharing Your Faith Story Seminar If the term “evangelization” sends you into a fit of either nerves or nausea, you’ll want to know all about Nancy Ward’s new project Sharing YOUR Faith Story. Nancy provides an enjoyable template for the challenge given to us in 1 Peter 3:15 to...