Declining Our Gifts

Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there.  It’s a simple concept, really: do more of what you’re good at instead of focusing on how to improve the areas where you struggle. In the business/human resources… Continue reading Declining Our Gifts

Returning Catholics FAQs: Learning the Faith

On Mondays, I answer questions frequently asked by those considering a return to the Catholic Church. How do I know this stuff? I was away for more than 30 years myself, and am the co-author of When They Come Home: Ways to Welcome Returning Catholics, a book for pastors and parish leaders interested in this ministry.… Continue reading Returning Catholics FAQs: Learning the Faith

On the Nightstand: November 2015

OK, seriously, how do you not pick up a book with this title? I preordered mine back in July when I met author Maria Morera Johnson and we had an immediate mind melt about the way we both love the saints. This book is part memoir, part a sharing of how women, canonized or otherwise, influence… Continue reading On the Nightstand: November 2015

Being Christ in Our Lives: Dorothy Smith

Last month I had the joy of spending time with one of my very favorite relatives, my aunt Dorothy Smith. Her wedding to my beloved uncle when I was five was one of the highlights of my childhood: Dorothy was just so beautiful that day, she looked like a princess! As you can see in… Continue reading Being Christ in Our Lives: Dorothy Smith