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Featured Favorite: The Cost of Peace

Healing / Nancy Ward / Scriptures

Featured Favorite: The Cost of Peace

Are we depending on ideal circumstances for a transient peace? Peace on our terms? Peace between warring nations comes with a hard-fought truce. Peace between the oppressor and those afraid to resist comes at the price of slavery. Peace pursued constantly through pleasure and consumption is a fantasy that leads to obsession with whatever it...

Stress + prayer = surprise!

Community / Friends / Joy / Nancy Ward / Prayer

Stress + prayer = surprise!

It was Wednesday afternoon, and my stress level was building. On Saturday I was giving two talks at the Women’s’ Forum in the morning and hosting a bridal shower in the afternoon.  As I hurried to make it on time for my haircut appointment, all I could think of was,  “How can I get everything...

CWG: The Holy Spirit and my first video recording

Faithfulness / Holy Spirit / Joy / Nancy Ward / Prayer

CWG: The Holy Spirit and my first video recording

Recently I responded to an invitation to speak at the upcoming online CatholicConference4Moms. The speakers send a digital video recording of their 30-40 minute talk to the coordinator whose video editors prepare them for viewing. Public speaking is my least favorite way to market my writing, but a video seemed doable. After all, I could...

October Intentions of Pope Francis

Catholic / Jesus / Prayer

October Intentions of Pope Francis

  ↵ Peace. That the Lord may grant peace to those parts of the world most battered by war and violence. World Mission Day.  That World Mission Day may rekindle in every believer zeal for carrying the Gospel into all the world.   Pope Francis' Prayer for Peace And so we ask the risen Jesus, who...