By Alyssa Bormes My whole bag was packed – my swimsuit, the kickboard, a towel, shower flip-flops, and the assorted other stuff that one takes to the gym. Fantastic! This new commitment to [...]
By Sarah Christmyer In my experience, there are two things certain about April: taxes and trout season. I’m not sure which I dread more. One, because it falls to me to weed through the [...]
By Kelly Wahlquist A clean desktop on my iMac makes life seem less stressful and offers a good metaphor for life: Clean your heart, simplify your life! There’s always been [...]
By Heidi Hess Saxton In today’s responsorial psalm (Psalm 69), we read the words of a heartbroken leader. “Insult has broken my heart, and I am weak, I looked for sympathy, but there [...]
By Sharon Wilson Today’s first reading has all the trappings of an excellent Cecil B. DeMille movie… Complete with Charlton Heston cast in a leading role! We have the three followers of the true [...]
By Karen Sheehy Do you remember your first 3D movie? I do. It was 1982, the year the World’s Fair inhabited my home town of New Orleans. That summer, my family visited the state of [...]
By Karen Sheehy In last Sunday’s Old Testament reading, we read about Father Abraham, our father in faith, the father of the Jewish Nation and promised Messiah, Jesus. As Christians, we are all [...]
By Kate Anderson I was four years old when I blew out my first birthday candles. My parents did favor the flaming pillars of life celebration, and any caregiving figure from my childhood knows my [...]
By Angie Koenig You might think I’m a cynic when it comes to love; you’d be semi-right. I’ve been a single lady my entire life and before I understood how my singleness is actually a gift, I [...]
By Karen Sheehy Don’t you just love a good saga, one filled with intrigue, love, betrayal and an unexpected hero who saves the day? In today’s Old Testament reading, we find the first part [...]
