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Recruiting and Maintaining Volunteers
Many of you may be preparing to recruit team members for ministry with young people. Whether you are beginning some... READ MORE »
God’s Graces
A couple weeks ago our dear 13 year old dog, Lady G, left us. Lady was part of our family. She kept us safe, provid... READ MORE »
Let’s Talk About Mental Illness
May is Mental Health awareness month. In the last few weeks there have been several stories in the news about young... READ MORE »
Broken Open
Throughout this season of Lent, I’ve been contemplating the words we hear God speaking to us each year on Ash Wed... READ MORE »
Lent: Be Made New
Recently I was asked, a few times actually, how many children do you have? The first time I very instinctively answ... READ MORE »
Are We Done Yet?
Last week I attended the annual membership meeting of the NFCYM (National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry) w... READ MORE »
Joy in the Suffering
Exactly a week before Thanksgiving my husband and I found out I would be having a miscarriage. That will be a day... READ MORE »
New Year, New Me! Really?
Happy Feast of the Three Kings! The Christmas season is quickly coming to an end. We have experienced God’s love ... READ MORE »
Blessed
I am one of those people who loves Christmas music and would listen to it any time of the year. I tend to make myse... READ MORE »
Prepare!
Prepare! Fear not! Rejoice! Exhortations such as these ring forth each season of Advent. Have you ever paid attent... READ MORE »
Thankful Always
It is common to be thinking and talking about gratitude in the month of November, the month of Thanksgiving. It is ... READ MORE »
Is It a Secret?
Going into a retreat day I helped lead for a parish a few months ago, I knew what our team had planned for the part... READ MORE »
2021
- September 17 || Finding kindness
- September 1 || A time for commitment?
- August 17 || Hanging on
- August 6 || Cannonball!
- May 13 || Listen with love
- May 5 || The vine and the branches
- April 29 || Plants, vines, branches and Jesus!
- April 22 || A little help over here?
- April 13 || A mother’s heart
- April 7 || Make room for what matters
- March 31 || He did it for you!
- March 24 || Enter into stillness
- March 16 || Everyone’s Irish on St. Patrick’s Day
- March 9 || A listening heart
- February 24 || Making room for grace
- January 27 || Be the light
- January 13 || Happy New Year
2020
- December 23 || Give way to love
- December 15 || While we wait
- December 9 || Be prepared for His abundant love
- December 2 || Waiting in joyful hope
- November 18 || Unmistakable hope
- November 11 || Gratitude
- November 4 || Remember…
- October 28 || True hope
- October 21 || The race you did not choose
- October 14 || Alive and breathing
- October 6 || A heart like Jesus
- September 23 || Agent of God’s love
- September 16 || A time for everything
- September 10 || None of us can live without joy!
- September 2 || Fighting my battles
- August 26 || Transitioning into renewal
- August 19 || Three P’s
- August 12 || Imitating Christ
- August 5 || Be not afraid
- July 29 || Just stop
- July 22 || Slow to anger, rich in kindness, loving and forgiving
- July 15 || Time flies when you’re having fun?
- July 8 || A heart like good soil!
- July 1 || Seeing as God sees
- June 23 || Waiting to exhale
- June 17 || The love of a father
- June 10 || We are one!
- June 3 || Time to be the church
- May 27 || Strength to transform
- May 18 || Spring cleaning
- May 13 || Finding God in the chaos
- May 6 || Time to change
- April 29 || Perseverance
- April 22 || What is happiness?
- April 15 || He is Risen
- April 8 || No greater love
- April 1 || Give thanks with a grateful heart