Emily Borman and I met a little over a year ago at a Blessed Is She brunch, but I’d known about her work long before that. She is among the founders of Conversation with Women, a safe place for women to share the joys and challenges of their faith journeys. I admired even before I knew… Continue reading Friends in Faith: Emily Borman
Month: December 2016
On the Nightstand: January 2017
Is it just me, or do women who are writing today about spirituality totally rock? I’m excited this month about reading Created to Relate: God’s Design for Peace and Joy by Kelly Wahlquist, the founder of WINE: Women In the New Evangelization. Created to Relate is about women’s special gift for relationships–with others and with the… Continue reading On the Nightstand: January 2017
Wednesday’s Woman: Blessed Francisca de Paula de Jesus
The Basics: Born about 1810 in Brazil; died June 14, 1895, in Brazil; beatified May 4, 2013; feast day, June 14; social worker. The Story: To many, Francisca was a nobody, a cipher. Her parents weren’t married, and the child was born into slavery and poverty, joining a half-brother who had a different father. She was… Continue reading Wednesday’s Woman: Blessed Francisca de Paula de Jesus
So That Our Joy May Be Complete
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. They are perhaps some of the most human passages in the Gospels, the times that Peter and those sons of Zebedee are bumping up against each other. Clearly,… Continue reading So That Our Joy May Be Complete