Word of the Year: Follow

by | Jan 1, 2018 | Faith and Grace, Word of the Year

  If you follow personal blogs, you’ve probably heard about Word for the Year. At the beginning of each year, you pick one word (and maybe a verse to go with it) to focus on for the coming year. This year I picked Follow, along with Psalm 119:105:...

When Business Becomes Spiritual Idleness

by | Apr 3, 2015 | Faith and Grace

Busyness. It seems like it affects just about all of us. Whether we work full-time, stay home with children, or juggle work and parenting, it seems there’s never enough time in the day. Laundry, cleaning, preparing meals, caring for children, involvement in...

St. Pádraig, the Shamrock, and the Trinity

by | Mar 17, 2015 | Faith and Grace

Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Daoibh!  That’s Happy St. Pádraig’s Day, in Irish. But just who was St. Pádraig really? (Hint: He’s not the patron saint of inebriation, as my friend’s Irish mother used to say in disgust at what his holiday had become in...

When You Don’t Love Valentine’s Day

by | Feb 14, 2015 | Faith and Grace

Who doesn’t love Valentine’s Day? After all, what’s not to love about a day to celebrate life, love, and of course chocolate, right? Mmm . . . sometimes a lot of things. Honestly, Valentine’s Day is a tough day for a lot of people. For those...