I remember when my first son was in need of his first haircut.  I took him to a professional stylist and, with 35mm camera in hand, clicked away, literally walking around and around his seat, so that, once developed, the…

Our liturgical calendar will soon be changing from Ordinary Time to Lent.  We will see changes inside of Church that reflect the new liturgical season.  Vestments will change from white and green to violet and the weekly offering of Stations…

We had a typical Midwestern winter blast last month and one day husband came home from work and walked into our frigid home and in a dismayed voice said, “It’s freezing in here!”  Of course it wasn’t as cold…

Every Christmas season, which in our home begins around the second week of November, I am on a mission.  My goal: find one new CD and one new Christmas movie to add to our growing collection.  The movie gets rotated…

New Age teachings are dangerous because they encourage us to assume that we know what is best for our salvation and when we enter into these teachings we jeopardize our eternal life in ways that we may never know —…

“I don’t have to go to church — God comes to me. He’s with me and around me wherever I am.”

Those words, offered by a mother to her son, contributed to the apparent self-actualization of best-selling author…

I’ve always been fascinated with the idea of the second coming of Christ – with “End Times” – although not in a “Rapture” sort of way or in a trying-to-figure-out-the-exact-date sort of way.

Fall is consistently my busiest speaking-engagement time…

According to ancient Jewish teachings, there are specific levels between God and man. These levels are necessary as, according to Jewish mystics, during creation God’s love and goodness was so great that man – as a mere vessel —…

When my husband and I married, almost 24 years ago, our first two holidays were probably fairly typical of newly-marrieds.  We rushed about from one place to another, wanting to please everyone while attempting to make traditions of our own.…

One hot, late July afternoon I decided to take a walk around my neighborhood.  The sweltering weather was made even more so by the fact that I was overdue with my second child.  As I wobbled around the block, pulling…