Since my husband worked at home, I usually went to the grocery store by myself. However, since my husband was self-employed, he made his own hours. This time we went to the grocery store together. After an hour shopping, we paid for our groceries and headed to the door to leave. Two or three other […]
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In our training at Encounter Ministries, we are taught that in the study of psychology, each person’s identity comes from their father. When you think about it, it is a tragic thing when one considers how many people grow up in households where there is no father. It is such a common occurrence that nobody
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The old country house had been abandoned for 12 years. The elderly man who had owned it left when his wife of 54 years passed. At one point, the pipes burst, flooding the 1600 square feet and ruining everything six inches down. Drywall, trim, carpet and what had been hard wood flooring. Lush green pastures,
I’ve been watching—again—the recent hit series, The Chosen. I particularly enjoy how the writers/producers of the series have created stories around the biblical accounts. I appreciate the God-given gift of imagination and the way the writers/producers use this gift to build backgrounds for people about whom we know almost nothing. In essence, putting flesh on
With the reversal of Roe v. Wade, I thought I would tell this story of a woman in an unknown country who has had to live with the pain of two rapes and their consequent abortions. The media tell women that abortion will solve all their problems. It is only afterward that women feel the
The other day, a friend told me that he had been to his first Latin Mass at Mater Dei in Dallas, Texas. In his opinion, it was a mistake to have the priest turn away from the people for the entirety of the Mass. He understood and appreciated the fact that, turning towards the Tabernacle,
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This past week was the sixth anniversary of my Confirmation. Catholics in this country are usually Confirmed as a teenager, but somehow, I missed the memo. This could very well have been the reason why, in my twenties, I wandered away from the Catholic church. I was drawn to the contemporary love ballads to Jesus
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How many times do bad things happen and we wonder where was God and why did He let this happen to me? How many times do we avoid an accident on the road, come back with test results declaring our tumor is benign instead of malignant, or any number of things that could have gone
I was recently reminded about a time, many years ago, when the Lord led me on a fast. I was part of a non-denominational community where prayer and fasting were common, but my life was so stressful and physically taxing that I had a hard time committing to it. The country was coming up to
For those of us who call ourselves Catholic, today is Ash Wednesday—a fast day. Why? Today begins the season of Lent. Lent is the time of the year when we remember the events that led to Jesus dying on the cross for our sins—all of our sins. It’s a popular notion today that some have