Author: Melanie

Melanie Rigney is the author of Radical Saints: 21 Women for the 21st Century and other Catholic books. She is a contributor to Living Faith and other Catholic blogs. She lives in Arlington, Virginia. Melanie also owns Editor for You, a publishing consultancy that since 2003 has helped hundreds of writers, publishers, and agents.

Friends in Faith: Eileen McGervey

Nearly ten years ago, Eileen McGervey left behind the security of a day job and opened One More Page Books and More a few miles from where I live. Eileen and I were parishioners at the same church at that time, and I knew her by her smiling face before I knew her name. In… Continue reading Friends in Faith: Eileen McGervey

Calm Faith

Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. And he said to them, “Why are you afraid, you of little faith?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a dead calm. (Matthew 8:26,… Continue reading Calm Faith

Roads Broad and Constricted

Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. A 2017 study found that the more entitled people are, the less likely they are to follow instructions. The reason, according to the Cornell University and Harvard Medical School, authors, appeared… Continue reading Roads Broad and Constricted

Stop Before the “But”

Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. “For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?7 And if you greet only your brothers and sisters, what more… Continue reading Stop Before the “But”