My reflection from Give Us This Day today:
I’ve always had a tiny bit of a soft spot for Judas Iscariot. I know. It sounds crazy at best, traitorous at worst, ...
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Lent
We're one week into our season of Lent. How have you been doing with your plans to sacrifice more, give more, pray more? I have to admit, I'm doing just okay. I ...
It's not just what we eat but how we eat. Now and then it's good to take a closer look at the method to our mealtime madness. Do we watch TV while we eat? Check ...
It's a Lenten Manic Monday, and it's going to be a cold one. We're starting at 12 degrees and working our way down to -11 by end of today. That's -11 without ...
So, I walked into my bathroom last night and found this message on my make-up mirror: "You're beautiful!" I smiled because this wasn't just any random note, ...
Every year our family looks forward to participating in the CRS Rice Bowl program, but for the past couple of years our local parish hasn't made the cardboard ...
My Lenten post over at HuffPost Religion:
Lent is one of those seasons that always begins with the best of intentions and rapidly goes downhill, at least ...
If you scroll through Facebook or Twitter today (if you haven't given up social media for Lent), you'll find a minor debate on the blogosphere over whether Ash ...
Peter never really used to be one of my favorites from Scripture, but the older I get, the more beloved he becomes. He gives me comfort because I identify with ...
"You Can't Fail Lent: Learning to see these 40 days as journey, not a test." That's what I'll be talking about on Wednesday, April 2, when I head to Darien, ...
A little musical inspiration on this first friday of March and first friday of Lent. I love this song, and when I heard it again yesterday as I was driving kids ...
So we're into our second day of Lent and maybe you're already thinking whatever you planned for Lent could use a little boost or support. Maybe the fasting part ...
This story originally appeared in Our Sunday Visitor in 2010, which amazes me because it was years before I had even thought about writing Cravings: A Catholic ...
Looking for a meatless meal for tonight's Lenten supper? Tired of pizza and fish fry? Here's a hearty and satisfying lentil soup recipe that'a a favorite at our ...
One day I was looking for something for lunch that was gluten-free and vegan. In other words, free of all food fun. I wasn't coming up with much until I spotted ...
Are you using the CRS Rice Bowl this Lent? If not, why not? It's one of our favorite Lenten traditions, so much so that last year when our parish didn't make ...
It's the first Friday of Lent and right about now you might be thinking, "What's on the Friday menu besides pizza and fish fry?" I've got a combination of ...
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 ...
I love this song by Laura Story. (If you're my Facebook friend, you've probably seen me post it over there at least once in recent months.) I needed to hear it ...
So we're into our first full week of Lent with two meatless days under our belts already, and right about now you might be thinking, "We've done pizza. We've ...