The joy of conversion, Christian community, and the Catholic faith
What’s on God’s to-do list for you today? Does he wake you up early enough to enjoy the beautiful sunrise he created? As you get dressed, does he prompt you to pray for a divorced friend or cancer-stricken relative? Perhaps when you get to work and prepare to give a presentation this afternoon, the connector...
by Melissa Williams Finn Days like this one in late spring – green, breezy, crowned with a blue bowl of a sky – remind me of our little old 1930s house on McCommas and life with just my first two children. After 2 ½ years of diaper-and-nursing mayhem, with life largely governed by fractured nights...
featured on CatholicWritersGuild.com It was such fun to meet many of the CWG co-authors of The Catholic Mom’s Prayer Companion at the book launch last month at CWCL during the Catholic Marketing Network Trade Show. What a thrill to be one of the authors of this classic book of daily reflections! When my copies of...
A Catholic Sister – As a convert, close spiritual relationships with my Catholic sisters-in-the-Lord are among God’s most treasured and rewarding gifts. The Gift of a Free Lunch – How do we teach our children generosity and humility? With the lesson of a free lunch. Friars Corner: Peace and joy flow into us from the...
Featured on NewEvangelizers.com ContemplativeHomeschool.com and SpiritualDirection.com “St. Thomas is the greatest doctor of the Church,” author Dave Palmer said, “and I assert that children can be taught his basic philosophy, as I do with my 11- and 7-year olds.” Let’s Go Find God is the enticing teaser of Volume I. The full title of the...
St. Thomas Aquinas for Everyone – featured on SpiritualDirection.com – “St. Thomas is the greatest doctor of the Church,” author Dave Palmer said, “Young children can be taught his basic philosophy, as I do with my 11- and 7-year olds.” Feet Washing: How God gave his mercy through me – Nancy Ward recalls a holy...
Featured in NewEvangelizers.com I wish my father had read The Healing Power of a Father’s Blessing by Linda Schubert. He parented his three daughters from a distance, following the familiar pattern of how he was raised. Oh, Daddy was in town, working six days a week at the five-and-dime stores he managed in towns around...
Proverbs 8:22-31; Ps 8:4-9; Romans 5:1-5; John 16:12-15 Last week we celebrated the third major element of our faith, Pentecost, the coming and empowerment of God’s Holy Spirit to continue his salvation work. This Spirit guides us to Jesus, who takes us to our Father. The entire church prayed for and celebrated his coming....