Financial Crisis God’s Opportunity

Two years ago, my husband and I did what most Americans have been compelled to do. We sat down and took a long, hard look at our family finances. I was in a quandary. I enjoyed writing so much that I did not want to give it up to go back to teaching. And yet, I knew that God did not want us to remain fiscally irresponsible. I poured out my heart to my dear friend and spiritual mentor.

If There Are No Kneelers, Is It a Catholic Church?

It was the Solemnity of Corpus Christi. And we were in a Catholic church, but we wouldn’t be kneeling at the moment of Consecration – the very moment that the Corpus Christi would come to us in the Eucharist.

A Long Line of Less-Than-Ideal Conceptions

I don’t know what God has in mind for those two little boys. All I know is this: God made them, just as surely as He made my dad and me and my daughter – because the value of a life has nothing to do with how it is conceived.

No Small Job

My first encounter with the elderly and dying came when I was eighteen. I was a nurse’s aide for about five months. That’s how long it took me to realize I was not meant to be a nurse.

Why We Aren’t United with Catholics United

Catholics United (CU) has launched a campaign to promote health care reform and encourage Catholics to support it with the full force of a united Catholic voice. It’s called Catholics for Health Care Reform. CU cites the achievements of the… Read More

Broken Spiritual Thermostats

For the past two or three days, my husband and I have both been “under the weather”. Whatever this illness is, it has us both alternating between feeling hot and cold. Neither of us is perfectly healthy, so there is… Read More

Where Even the Shadow of Death Cannot Shake Us

On Sunday, during the parish dinner, a man choked on a piece of food. His wife stood up and put her arms around her husband and attempted to save him. In a matter of a few seconds, those of us… Read More

Infant Baptism

I’ve spent most of my life conflicted over baptism, not about whether or not one should be baptized, but about the proper age for baptism.
My parents dedicated me when I was an infant. Back then, Dad pastored a Wesleyan… Read More

God’s Idea of Going Green

Grandpa was a farmer. He had to be the most “green” man I have ever met. If my grandparents couldn’t grow it or raise it, they didn’t eat it. Grandma’s flowers came out of her flower bed. The milk came… Read More

Treading on Sacred Ground

The White House has confirmed that President Obama will sign an executive order today (Monday, March 9, 2009), lifting the ban on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, according to CBS/AP News. Immediately, scientists will begin applying for research… Read More

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