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June 2021

June 05, 2021

Successes for the Week Saturday

For years, I ran a column, Small Success Thursday. It helped me cultivate daily gratitude...

June 04, 2021

Returning to the Interior

What does it mean when the readability says "Good" and I count only fifteen words? ...

June 01, 2021

Being Both And in the Face of Things

One of my coping methods is stupid humor. So originally I titled this piece, Cancer to...

May 2021

May 23, 2021

My Favorite Feast

It's no secret. I've always loved Pentecost. The dissent of the Holy Spirit is my...

May 21, 2021

One Splinter at a Time

A few years ago, when my life felt awash with babies, I spent much of...

May 17, 2021

On the Boat, On the Boat, On the Boat

My dad and his fishing buddies found themselves in the midst of a storm on...

May 14, 2021

Hakuna Matata Theology vs. the Cross

This is not going to win me any points with the internet. If today you...

May 13, 2021

The Inbetween Spaces of Life

We've spent the past year or so in the inbetween state of Covid is ever...

May 08, 2021

Need to Grade, Edit and So I’m Cross Posting

Whenever there's something big to do in my life, I usually look for a bigger...

May 04, 2021

Patheos Celebrates Starwars, May the 4th be With You

Mark Wilson over at The Catholic Bard at Patheos, has assembled for your enjoyment, a...

May 02, 2021

It’s May, Call your Mother

It's May, the month of our Blessed Mother. What are you doing for her for...

April 2021

April 30, 2021

On the Plate

She knew from my face. A good friend of mine, who happens to be a...

April 28, 2021

Relics

Truckie Day is coming! We're preparing for "Truckie" day. I first created this tradition of...

April 25, 2021

Dear Daughter getting Confirmed…

You already have the gifts of courage, listening, understanding, humor, intellect and kindness. You show...

April 21, 2021

The Beauty of a Bedtime Story

My favorite thing to do with my children as a parent, is read them stories. ...

April 18, 2021

Agent of W.I.N.E. Just in Time

As a freelancer, I write for many different publications and am as a result, a...

April 16, 2021

We Have Been Reduced

I wrote the title before I wrote the piece, and didn't know quite what it...

April 13, 2021

Blessed Then and Now

She is preparing for confirmation this year. Thirteen years ago...She was born on Friday the...

April 11, 2021

Do What Love Demands

Saint Therese of Lisieux talks about becoming like a little child to become a saint,...

April 09, 2021

Movies, Editing and Parenting Doesn’t Age Well

We've been watching old movies and I've discovered, movies I loved, now feel dull, and...

April 05, 2021

Easter Monday, Now What

We've completed the Holiest week, the high week of our faith, and now we have...

April 02, 2021

Bear Your Splinters

Today, the tabernacle is bare. Today, we are the presence of our Lord's body wounded...

March 2021

March 30, 2021

Guest Writer: Jennifer Sanders and A Holy Week

My sister wrote this, and when I read it, I felt the fullness of the...

March 28, 2021

Don’t Tell…Don’t Ask

What do you want Mom? They ask this question around Mother's day, Christmas and my...

March 25, 2021

It’s Been a Year

Today my son turns 28, and it will be his second birthday during a pandemic....

March 21, 2021

The Dinner Battle

I OUGHT TO KNOW BY NOW, THE PREMISE ALONE DOOMED ME... To make life easy...

March 20, 2021

Seven Tips for Helping Your Confirmation Candidate Prepare…

Pop quiz for the grown ups. Do you remember being confirmed? Do you remember your...

March 18, 2021

Reflections on a Happy Saint Patrick’s Day

We wore green, I put on the music of Celtic Folk and cooked corned beef....

March 16, 2021

Making Catholicism Grate Again

WE'VE NOT LOOKED AT CHRIST ON THE CROSS AS FOR US It's been a tough...

March 15, 2021

This is Not Click Bait, I’m New Here. Hi

# WHEN I SAW HIM STANDING THERE...well, he was just seventeen. When I first saw...

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