Wife, mother, blogger, Catholic ministry. I love to garden even when it goes wrong. Same with writing (and we know it can go wrong.) Believing that God is present in all of it.
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Am I suppose to be writing?
I am going to have to apologize for my lack of content but I have spent several hours trying to get this blog up and running again and all being done by trial and error. But in the spirit of Lent, “less grievance/more gratitude” I will leave it at that. I hope you subscribe to…
Catholic Spring?
I just wanted to share an excellent article from the Guardian about the Catholic church in England. I love correlation to the Arab spring and how the people can influence the direction that the church goes in. Let me know what you think!http://apps.facebook.com/theguardian/commentisfree/belief/2011/nov/10/catholic-church-people-power?fb_ref=U-_a1toroc6Ih74pU9IVfq_J-CFCONX01FRS-339thXXX&fb_source=home_multiline&fb_action_types=news.reads
Confirmation and Pentecost
Last night my eldest daughter was confirmed. I thought it was pretty neat that this was happening on Pentecost weekend since the date for Confirmation is pretty random. She had our retired Bishop, Bishop Costello, confirm her and chose as her sponsor, her Godfather. It was a wonderful night. My daughter, who is a scientist…
Juxtaposition
I will be honest, Wednesday was an emotional roller-coaster. I was called in early to sub which of course throws off the day anyway, but more so since I wanted to blog and get some other things done. At about 10:30 the school received a phone call that a man had gone to two locations in a…
Pentecost
With it being Memorial Day weekend (in America), I am sure that most people won’t be thinking about Pentecost this Sunday. But I wish they would since it really is such an important moment in all of our Catholic lives. Not only is it the birthday of the church, but most importantly it is when…
Mary, Mother of All Mothers
My daughter made this video a couple of years ago, when she was twelve, for me to use at a presentation that I was doing on Mary. I gave her the song, John Michael Talbot’s Magnificat and asked to to add pictures for me. This is what I got, from a twelve year old. A…