Radically Unreasonable Love for God’s Plans
“The tempter is not so crude as to suggest to us directly that we should worship the devil. He merely suggests that we opt for the reasonable decision, that we choose to give priority to a planned and...
View ArticleLot’s Wife Syndrome
When I get invited to speak at women’s events, by far the most popular topic is my “Embracing the Matriarch Within” presentation. This is due, in no small part, to the fact that the topic literally...
View ArticleOn the Importance of Laughter
Australian aborigines have a most imaginative myth that speaks to both the importance and to the elusiveness of laughter. They envisioned a Giant Frog who had swallowed all the waters of the world....
View ArticleMessage from a Smiling Madonna
Things were going downhill fast. There had been an unsettling phone call from a relative, and when I tried to gently offer advice, she hung up on me. It was early morning on a cloudy day, and I felt a...
View ArticleSt. Benedict for Beginners – The Tenth Step to Humility
This is the sixteenth in a series on St. Benedict for Beginners. – The Editors The Tenth Step to Humility ‘The tenth step of humility is that he should not be ready and quick to laughter, for it is...
View ArticleSt. Benedict for Beginners – The Eleventh Step to Humility
This is the seventeeth in a series on St. Benedict for Beginners. – The Editors The Eleventh Step to Humility ‘The eleventh step of humility is that the monks quietly and with a few words for “the wise...
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