We interrupt our wall-to-wall Pope Francis coverage for my annual post in honor of National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, which is celebrated in March. ...
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Do you want to know how bad it's getting? Yesterday, while in the shower, I found myself singing -- out of the clear blue sky -- "Come on, people now, smile on ...
Yesterday Chiara came into our bedroom early in the morning, and as she snuggled up next to me I said, "We have to go sell Girl Scout cookies today." Here's how ...
I have to run out and sell some Girl Scout cookies this morning, so I can't write the pope post I'd like to write just yet. I'll be back later or tomorrow with ...
So yesterday I wrote a deeply personal post about my recent spiritual struggles and my feelings of hope upon seeing Pope Francis step onto the balcony. I felt ...
The weeks between Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI resigning and Pope Francis stepping out onto that balcony happened to coincide with particularly dark spiritual ...
Have you ever felt the urge to do something totally spontaneous and generous for someone but then pulled back at the last minute for any number of "logical" ...
Stop by Pauline Books & Media, 64 West 38th Street in Manhattan, on Wednesday, Feb. 27, at 6:30 p.m. for a book signing to celebrate the release of my two ...
Social media is the focus of this new episode of Guided by Grace, a 30-minute cable talk show co-hosted by yours truly and three other Catholic women on ...
I'm not a fan of Valentine's Day, never have been. Not sure why. I guess it's mainly due to the commercial craziness of it and the push from retailers to give ...
We have really outdone ourselves this Ash Wednesday. I mean, it's usually a day fraught with tension and discord rather than prayer and peace, but, even by our ...
Lent is just around the corner. That means our Friday meal posts will go from vegetarian to vegan. (Since I already don't eat meat, I need to find a different ...
You may have noticed that Not Strictly Spiritual has been
A. Left un-updated for days on end
B. Completely down for hours on end
C. In a bit of a transition ...
So last night I watched a double feature: Dr. Seuss's "The Lorax" followed by "Vision: From the Life of Hildegard Von Bingen." On the surface this rather ...
I was going to put up an anniversary post today to mark the fifth birthday of Not Strictly Spiritual. And then a Facebook friend posted the video below, and I ...
For the past ten days I've been running a blog tour (in case you didn't notice). I know. It feels like ten years. It will be over soon, and then I'll find some ...
Here's a reader question that just came in, and I think it's a good one, something we have to think about if we're looking to break our food obsessions:
"I'm ...
We interrupt our regularly scheduled program -- the "Pray, Love, Then Eat" blog tour for Cravings -- to get back to a good, old-fashioned spirituality ...
This month, I'm the featured contributor over at My Daily Visitor, a publication of Our Sunday Vistor. Every day you can find a brief reflection on the day's ...