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On 9-11, praising God carried me away from my focus on the circumstances, on what I wanted and how I felt, and into the awareness of God presence. CatholicWriters: You Are Enough Danielle Bean helped me trust the goodness of God through the struggles and victories of fascinating Old Testament women Friars...
Danielle’s humility, storytelling, humor, and vulnerability made You Are Enough a memorable and healing read for me.
Featured on CatholicWritersGuild.com The Preface of Sharing Your Catholic Faith Story: Tools, Tips, and Testimonies, which made its debut April 30 on Amazon.com, JoyAlive.net and CatholicMom.com. AS A CONVERT, I’ve always loved stories about conversion and renewing our faith. Whenever I’ve heard such stories, the speakers always seem to bubble over with the presence of God. The witness of their...
Give Up Worry Wednesdays: Suffering is a Blessing Human beings have a natural aversion to suffering, but we can’t deny that our redemption took place through the agonizing death of Jesus on the Cross. CWG: Are you waiting with Jesus? What to do while waiting in a critical situation? Nancy Ward...
Give Up Worry Wednesdays, Mother Knows Best What is your greatest need? Peace, health, money, a greater love of neighbor, a better relationship with Jesus? Mary is ready to get involved and bring your intentions to Jesus. http://ow.ly/Dh5W30o1JvA CatholicWritersGuild: Around the Year with the Von Trapp Family Maria Von Trapp’s stories of living liturgically, proactively...
Featured on CatholicWritersGuild.com Around the Year with the von Trapp Family by Maria Augusta von Trapp is surprisingly upbeat and joyful, especially when we recall that The Sound of Music ends with the von Trapp troupe fleeing their beloved Austria. The 1965 American musical drama ends by highlighting the danger the family averted by escaping with only what they wore — and...
Featured Favorite: Simple Acts of Love What simple acts of love can you do today to respond to Christ in others and let them discover him in you? https://joyalive.net/featured-favorite-simple-acts-of-love/ CatholicWriters Guild: Journal Your Faith Story, Part 2 How does your spiritual journal affect your writing? How does your writing reflect your spirituality? CWG: http://blog.catholicwritersguild.com/2019/02/writers-journal-your-faith-story-part-2.html JoyAlive.net:...
Part 2: The long and the short of it Featured on CatholicWritersGuild.org Last month in Part 1, I stressed preparing to evangelize by keeping a spiritual journal. As writers, we know that brevity gets attention! Focused words sell! To write an effective elevator speech, first write a long faith bio from bullet points of chronological events....