Fruitful Fridays

By Kathleen Billings I  once heard the phrase “If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.” I think of this often as I find myself immersed in various situations and [...]

By Deborah Kendrick   Forty years after my conversion to Christianity, I came into the Catholic Church. So many treasures awaited me. To my surprise, I began to look at Jesus through the [...]

By Emily Cavins   This week let us celebrate the Holy Eucharist!   I recall our goddaughter, Mary, bouncing excitedly up to us several weeks after her First Communion, to announce she [...]

By Andrea Gibbs     In the book of Exodus, God says to Moses, “Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place you walk is holy ground.” Holy Ground What is holy ground? Where is it? [...]

By Carol Younger   Have you ever intervened? As a school counselor and administrator, that was my job: to intervene with students, teachers, parents, even police, in any kind of conflict or [...]

By Rhonda Zweber   One of my favorite experiences of motherhood actually occurred before I officially became a mom. When I felt my babies move inside my growing tummy, I smiled and was so [...]

By Crystal Crocker   “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.” —Luke 3:4-6   Returning from work exhausted, I plopped down on [...]

By Dr. Carol Younger     Recently, at my spiritual director’s strong suggestion, I have begun morning and evening prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours.  I know, I am probably the [...]

By Allison Gingras Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him. John tried to prevent him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and yet you are coming to me?” Jesus [...]

By Nancy Jo Sullivan   In the streets they cry out for lack of wine; all joy has disappeared and cheer has left the land…. Isaiah 24:11 The Winter’s Cold Last week, the wind chills [...]