Note to reader: Let’s just say I’ve been reading C.S. Lewis’ The Screw Tape Letters and got inspired … Letter 1: Dear Wormwood, Your last letter sounded pessimistic about the Patient, so Screwtape asked that I write. I know how much you despise assignments to the female gender (I admit they can be stubborn…
The Birmingham snow –the snow that all weather reports indicated was to be a mere “dusting”—shuffled down in chunky clumps outside my school’s windows, draping the ground in white. It was the first time in about three years I had seen this kind of snow, the kind used in snowball fights and excuses for…
“The month of December does not just belong to religion or Christianity.” Those were the words of Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-president of the Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation—the organization responsible for erecting the letter A next to the nativity scene and Menorah in front of Chicago’s Daley Plaza this Christmas. Even though the Plaza’s…
When my plane got delayed in the Birmingham airport recently, I found myself with some quiet time away from my family with no form of entertainment. I therefore took the opportunity to create something I’ve heard so much about in both the media and among friends: a bucket list. When considering what places I…
Several months ago I took a sabbatical from my personal Facebook account and began contemplating deleting the account altogether. Although I would classify myself as someone who uses the social media powerhouse primarily for evangelism purposes, I noticed that the days I actually logged into Facebook left me feeling less than grace-filled. At…
Today, I asked my creative writing class to free write on the question, “Who am I?” Of course, the assignment was more than a simple directive or a time-filling exercise. For me, it is an essential question I have to—no, want to–ask myself to live honestly, to live in truth. So here is my…
“It’s no fun growing old.” I’ve heard that comment a number of times from my parents, friends of parents, and even strangers who are facing their “golden years.” Years ago—when I was younger, more agile, and more invincible—I just accepted the comment with an unemotional but somewhat bewildered look, the same way someone accepts…
“But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.” (2 Cor 3:18) Sanctification is something that has been on my mind lately, probably because I’ve been undergoing it on…
Today, I’m continuing with Session III of the LawnChair Catechism at Catholicmom.com Here’s the Background Summary: In her extensive research, Sherry Weddell learned that most Catholics consider their relationship with God a forbidden topic – too private to discuss with others. What we don’t hear about, we don’t know is possible: One of our…
Session 2: In her first chapter of Forming Intentional Disciples, Sherry Weddell describes with detailed statistics the crisis of Catholics leaving the Church. She shares the evidence that most departures happen in young adulthood, and that most who leave never come back. She concludes: If this trend does not change, in ten years it…
You might have noticed that I have taken a short sabbatical from my blog postings (four months to be exact). With four kids, work, a changed platform, and other responsibilities (excuses, excuses, I know) something had to take a back seat. Nonetheless, I’m back online and am looking forward to rearing up this summer…