On the Nightstand: May 2015

A novel is on my nightstand again this month, and I can’t wait to dig in. It’s Still Life by Christa Parrish. It’s the story of two very different women–one raised in a fringe religious sect, one who’s wandering through an unhappy marriage. They encounter each other when the second woman gives up her seat on a… Continue reading On the Nightstand: May 2015

Being Christ in Our Lives: Monica McBrady

“Never see a need without doing something about it,” Australia’s first saint, Mary of the Cross MacKillop liked to say. Mary would have loved Monica McBrady. Monica made her Cursillo Weekend in New Jersey, and when she and her husband moved to Northern Virginia, they were both struck by just how much the Cursillo teams… Continue reading Being Christ in Our Lives: Monica McBrady