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.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/12/vatican-scandals_n_1663335.html?&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000008&utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=falseThis is a must listen to! This is the conversation we need to be having together. Do I think it is too big to fail? I think the faith…what we believe, the truth of our experience is too big to fail.Congratulations to my fb friend Roberta who took part in this discussion. If they are…
“I will give you a new heart and place a new spirit within you, taking from your bodies your stony hearts and giving you natural hearts” Ezekiel 36:26Ouch! I have a stony heart? This is actually a passage of the promise of God to the people of Israel to be restored, but I think it…
As many of you know, I began blogging as a Lenten experience a couple of years ago. It consisted of daily reflections, a couple of resources and prayers. The name is Lent Thing (and the number has changed with the years) and was named after the experience that I had while in college with my…
I awoke to the sound of a waterfall. Confused and still a little dazed, I looked around trying to catch my bearings. I was alone. My sleep must have been like a coma, I could only feel peace in this moment. I tried to piece together, in my memory, what had taken place and how…
“Rather, I have stilled my soul, hushed it like a weaned child. Like a weaned child on its mother’s lap, so is my soul within me. Psalm 131:2Enough of my yammering….today I invite you to sit in the presence of God. Take five minutes to simply sit before God and still yourself before the Lord….
What the Pope Really Said NCRWell, here is an unfortunate take on what happens when people are excited about a project. I will leave the reading to you and I will hope that we can simply pray to move forward and not backward. Does what we say help bring us together or does it tear…