By Anni Harry It’s the Final Countdown! Are you excited…? Are you ready…? Or, do you have a little left to do to clean house and prepare…? One might understandably think that I’m referring [...]
By Elizabeth Tomlin We did not anticipate snow this morning. I expected a few more sunny, crisp fall days for my lingering roses, but they now hold ice crystals. Today was supposed [...]
By Alyssa Bormes I remember the glory days of church bingo at the St. Mary’s Bazaar in Aberdeen, S.D. when I was a little girl. Don’t get me wrong; I would still take a spin on the [...]
By Sarah Damm I quietly lay there, waiting to see my baby’s heartbeat on the ultrasound screen. The technician, very compassionately and professionally, informed me that there was not one [...]
By Anni Harry The alarm goes off and the mad dash to start the day begins. By mid-day, I am up to my eyeballs either in demands of the family or demands of work. There once was a [...]
By Kathleeen Billings While visiting my daughter Gemma at Benedictine College for family weekend last month, there was a little girl, probably about two years old, that caught my [...]
By Jeannie Ewing The first memory I have of life was when I was three years old. I lived with my parents in a ranch-style home in southern Kentucky, and everything evoked fear in [...]
By Caralyn One of the hardest things about growing up is having your eyes opened to things your younger-self never worried or thought twice about. Some call it a loss of innocence, [...]
By Carol Younger Today’s scripture selections are hard to read. It’s easy to ask ourselves as we read: Am I a judgmental person? Am I guilty of the same things I judge others for? [...]
By Allison Gingras Fr. John Bartunek shared this with me about prayer practices and the responsibilities of everyday life, “We never stop seeking balance in our life. You do not [...]
