An Ocean of Grace, a Heart without Fear
By Angie Koenig Earlier this spring, I was blessed to be able to take a two-week vacation to Australia. Before this trip, my feet had never left American soil. One of my good [...]
“Go, Make Disciples”
By Lynda MacFarland I read somewhere a while ago, “If you don’t join in Jesus’ mission, you are just an admirer of Jesus.” It wasn’t attributed to anyone, but I really like it. As [...]
Kissing Romance Goodbye
By Rose Sweet Only the chaste man and the chaste woman are capable of real love. —Karol Wojtyla (St John Paul II)[i] I fell in love for the first time when I was seventeen. [...]
A MAN SENT FROM GOD
By Deborah Kendrick As you read these words, a multitude are completing the Novena to Saint John the Baptist, whose Feast Day is June 24. John is an incomparable saint: a birth [...]
GIVING: IT’S ALL ABOUT LOVE
By Sarah Christmyer “This is going to be the shortest homily you’ve ever heard,” our priest announced. It was the 6:30 a.m. Mass, and he wanted to reassure the crowd gathered for [...]
Love as the gift within the gift within the gift…and so on.
By Jill Mraz My daughter came to me from the other side of the world when she was just 15 months old. Born in an industrial, noisy town in the middle of Siberia, Russia, her quiet entrance [...]
H.O.C.K.E.Y — Find Out What it Means to Us
Why does hockey have so many rules? Do we still need to have penalty boxes? Can’t we get rid of offside? And why is practice so important? What’s the big deal with the Commissioner? [...]
Sudden Loss – Saving Grace
By Kathleen Billings August 9, 2000 – a day deeply etched in my heart forever. It was a warm summer evening. After a hearty spaghetti dinner, I took my 2 boys, Joseph and Dominic, [...]
To the Men who Open Doors
By Angie Koenig For most of my life, I have done everything imaginable to avoid needing help. “Can I help you with that?” “Oh no, thanks, I got it!” – My consistent response [...]
My To-Do List
By Michelle Jones Schroeder I’m a to-do list kind of girl so when I start on a project the first thing I do is make a list of each step that will be required to complete it. As the [...]
