Tagged: 9-11

The Six Lessons of 9-11

After 17 years, I still keep a poster on the wall of my office advertising the National Book Festival, which my husband and I attended on September 8, 2001. All kinds of booths and entertainment venues filled the National Mall in Washington, DC. The neighboring public buildings hosted educational and informational presentations. Authors signed their...

Got Joy? Latest JOYAlive.net posts 9-16-16

Got Joy? Latest JOYAlive.net posts 9-16-16

Learning to Love with the Saints  – featured on CatholicWritersGuild.com – Jean Heimann’s  Learning to Love with the Saints recounts three romances and one happy ending in her spiritual memoir. Friar’s Corner: Jesus rejoices in finding lost sheep – Jesus shows his love for sinners in parables of the lost coin and the lost sheep,...

Got Joy? Latest JOYAlive.net posts 9-11-15

Got Joy? Latest JOYAlive.net posts 9-11-15

Six Lessons of 9-11, part 2 – 9-11 taught me the lesson of the power of praise to bring us into his presence. Six Lessons of 9-11, part 1 – My cries of helplessness, which somehow came out as cries of praise, became an invitation to God to encompass the tragedy before me on 9-11....