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. So humor me. It’s my birthday, one of those big ones that ends in a zero and gets you savings at restaurants, grocery stores, theaters and more. For… Continue reading Of Roads–Broad and Narrow, Long and Dark
Month: June 2016
Returning Catholics FAQs: Welcoming Parishes
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: Welcoming Parishes
Requiem for a Southern Belle
It was almost exactly thirty years ago. I would turn thirty the next day, and it would mark the first time in recorded history that I would be working on my birthday. Never mind that it would be in the wooded beauty of central Wisconsin. I was not happy about it. For reasons lost to the mists… Continue reading Requiem for a Southern Belle
Create Your Own Happiness
An occasional series based on stuff that hangs in my room… or my heart. I love this one. I’m probably like many of you… a people pleaser. And while that can have its own problems, the difficulty I have in saying no has led me on some adventures that brought so much joy. I probably… Continue reading Create Your Own Happiness