I recently saved this image on my phone. Each day for the past couple weeks I have spent time reading and thinking about it…

It might seem odd to be pondering beginnings and endings when we are in the middle of Lent, but I am trusting the Holy Spirit’s nudge in this direction…

Then Jesus spoke, "What do you want me to do for you?" 

The blind man said to him, "Rabbi, I want to see."

Mark 10:51

In our church, one of the things that I really enjoy is the art and statues. There is this stunning painting behind the altar called "The Adoration of the Magi", by Murillo…

The definition of theme is “the subject of a talk, piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic…”

Whether in person or viewing on HGTV, I enjoy visiting other people’s homes…

I enjoy playing games and completing puzzles. Finding the right word in crossword puzzles/daily Wordles/Jumbles are fun challenges…

Almost four years ago, I wrote about my surgeon who I believe saved my life when I was going through my breast cancer battle…

As I notice the change in daylight and how quickly night falls, I pray my own Christ-light can become a beacon for others...

Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light for my path. (Psalm 119:105)

I like words. I like to read them. Writing them in cohesive sentences gives me great satisfaction...

As I have written in previous Faith Friday's, I became friends with people who were praying for me and my family before I even actually knew them through the prayer chain…

I have always been fond of the Serenity Prayer…

From this weekend’s Responsorial Psalm 80:20

“O Lord, God of hosts, restore us; if your face shine upon us, then we shall be saved.”

I remember where I was sitting at St. Patrick’s in Dwight and listening to the guest speaker’s talk…

St. Mary's School has lots of traditions. If you are not familiar with them, don't worry. Someone, somewhere will say, "Well, that's a tradition…”

It happened sometime around the mid-1980’s during my first year of teaching CCD…

Loving and befriending is hard work. But what did I expect? Maybe that as the years added up this would get easier?…

Last week my kids were at their father's, so it was just me. I had read a couple books just for fun, but I felt like I needed something more to do with my time that was relaxing…

It was with a mixture of both pride and dismay that I surveyed the entire back area of our Ford Escape. The second-row seats had been folded flat so all that space was filled with, for lack of a better term, cargo. Great job of packing, but will I never learn to travel light?…

Does this sound like a familiar scenario to many of you? I began by asking God to give me not only the opportunity, but also the right words. Then I prayed for wisdom and discernment and courage…

Father Adam asked the kids at the school mass on Thursday how many of them had ever read or watched the story/movie, "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day." A few adults and a small sprinkling of kids had read it…