An occasional series based on stuff that hangs in my room… or my heart. I put way too much pressure on myself to be 150% all the time. It’s not exactly a competitive thing; I don’t have to be the best cook, the best writer, the most knowledgeable about 1970s rock and pop, but I… Continue reading Be Your Best Self
Month: July 2017
Wednesday’s Women: Catherine Yi and Magdalene Cho
Note: For the next several weeks I’ll be featuring women saints who knew each other personally–mothers and daughters, grandmothers and granddaughters, sisters, and friends. The Basics: Catherine Yi, born about 1783, and Magdalene Cho, born about 1807, both in Korea; died September 26, 1839, in Korea; canonized May 6, 1984, by John Paul II; feast… Continue reading Wednesday’s Women: Catherine Yi and Magdalene Cho
Faith in Storms
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 is so easy to trust and believe when you wake up and find this, accompanied by singing birds. You can almost taste God in the breeze, the… Continue reading Faith in Storms
On the Nightstand: Radical Hospitality: Benedict’s Way of Love
I saw this book while I was on retreat last month, and was intrigued by the cover, title, and concept, so it’ll be my reading material for July. It’s one of those things that sounds so simple–being hospitable to all, including strangers and those who don’t think or act or believe as we do–but can… Continue reading On the Nightstand: Radical Hospitality: Benedict’s Way of Love