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After the feast, before the frenzy: Restoring serenity to your plate as the...
I don’t know about you, but I’m still full from yesterday’s Thanksgiving eat-a-thon. I can’t even think about food. Except for those pies on the counter. And the stuffing. Cold stuffing eaten right...
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Advent: A new twist on holiday treats
Excerpted from Cravings: A Catholic Wrestles with Food, Self-Image, and God ‘Tis the season to pack on a few pounds. Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, most of us are faced with plates of cookies...
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Start talking: Real communication in a virtual world
Put your hands up and step away from the screen. That’s the Cliff Notes version of Pope Francis’ message for World Communications Day. Okay, I may be taking some liberties, but that’s definitely the...
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Twisted Tuesday: Alleluias with a view
Thanks to a perfect storm of vacation, childcare, and Marriott reward points, Dennis and I turned this Easter weekend into an early 20th anniversary celebration. (Our real anniversary is April 29, but...
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A perfectly timed novena. St. Catherine, pray for us.
I woke up this morning and noticed a link to a Novena to St. Catherine of Siena in my Facebook feed. I will admit that I am not one to pray novenas often. Okay, almost never. But this one caught my...
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Fitting farewell for a giant in Church communications
I was honored to be able to attend the funeral of Mercy Sister Mary Ann Walsh this morning in the chapel at her motherhouse in Albany, where family, friends, and quite a few Catholic media colleagues...
View ArticleDon’t miss your moments
My reflection from Give Us This Day: St. Paul’s story of conversion always sparks a little jealousy in me. Probably not the appropriate reaction, but let’s be honest: wouldn’t we all like a blinding...
View ArticleMeeting God in the Middle
Our weekly blog post will be up tomorrow. Sorry for the delay. Can you believe we’re already moving onto Chapter 7? The weeks are flying by. In the meantime, if you missed the latest radio show...
View ArticleFinding grace, even in the shadow of the cross
I’ve been in desperate need of some grace these days. So much so, that I pulled a tarnished silver necklace bearing the word “GRACE” out of my jewelry box and looked up a DIY silver cleaning recipe...
View ArticleHave you hugged your colon today?
It’s mid-March, and that can mean only one thing on this blog: It’s National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. That means it’s also time for me to parade out a photo of my fine-looking colon to get...
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