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To Know Christ Jesus
by FJ Sheed I read this book for...
14 May 2023
Children are naturally curious creatures and with so many under one roof coupled with the fact that we homeschool, we...
Francis and Clare
by Helen Walker Homan This was an engaging biography on Saint Francis, though not so much on Saint Clare –...
How to Broach Difficult Subjects with a Husband: an Absurd Fiction
I’ve tried several methods of broaching difficult subjects with my husband over the course of our marriage. I’ve tried talking to him directly about...
The Sower
Matthew 13:1-9, Mark 4: 1-9, Luke 8: 4-8 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. And great crowds gathered about him, so...
Take Them a Meal, They Said. It Will Be Fun, They Said.
On occasion I’d see sign-ups to take new moms a meal in my mom’s group but I never participated for two reasons: I had a very hairy dog and was...
The Builders
Matt 7: 24-27 Luke 6: 47-49 “Every one then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house upon the rock; ...
The Parables Project Introduction
One Easter, I bought a children's book of the New Testament parables to read aloud to the kids. All went well until they started asking questions. ...
Sometimes Lent Comes Looking for You
The first couple of Lents after my reversion to the Catholic faith were pretty intense. I undertook fasting diets that would have made Gandhi look...
In which I comment on a Magnificat cover
I love this painting of Moses! He looks so based! "Yes I am a man wearing both pink and lavender. Say something. I dare you. I can snap you like a...
Don’t Look at Me, Little Baby!
When my baby looks at me with a look of absolute love and adoration it can, at times, make me a little uncomfortable. I say to her, “Now calm down...
This Year, It’s Going to Be a Good Advent
Advent never goes as planned for us. Never. Not a single Advent. Not a one since we’ve started celebrating Advent. That doesn’t stop me from...