Advent in Two Minutes
This is a great little video that summerizes what Advent should be to us! My favorite line, “If you are sick of Christmas by December 25th than you haven’t done Advent right!”
This is a great little video that summerizes what Advent should be to us! My favorite line, “If you are sick of Christmas by December 25th than you haven’t done Advent right!”
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.
So what about those roads that are bumpy and hard to travel? The past several days have brought people who have said things that have shaken my confidence. It has made me wonder if I have chosen the right path after all. Several years ago when we were at Yosemite I remember my husband driving…
Here is an article from the America blog about a new book “Flying In the Face of Tradition” by Brother Louis DeThomasis, FSC, that discusses what we have discussed here many times; the need for a sort of death in order to bring new life to our imploding institutional church. If you are one to not keep up…
There are so many funny stories in our family and many take place on my grandparents farm in West Martinsburg but this one I am going to share because it is a favorite of mine and it reminds me of the story of the workers in the vineyard (Matt 20:1-16) and it makes me laugh.As the youngest…
Light the candle of Hope in someone’s life. By your presence may they feel the presence of Christ. May they know the joy of a promise kept…God always keeps his promises.Here is a local priests website, I think you may enjoy it. www.fatherweber.com
In honor of her birthday a couple of weeks ago…a repost. It was no easy task watching my friend bury his sister, the mother of two, daughter of one, friend of my family. But it was made so much easier with the feeling of deep love and compassion that intermingled with the sadness. Surprised at…
Today we had the 2nd meeting of our Wednesday Morning Book Group. The song that was used for prayer repeated the lines “I am blessed” followed by “I am grateful”. What a wonderful way to walk through the world repeating those things to yourself. I find I am thanking God in various situations that perhaps…