It was a hot west Texas day in Amarillo, and I was going to be teaching at a writers’ conference. I came in a day earlier to “play” with a writer friend, Deborah Elliott-Upton, who I’d met a couple years earlier at the same conference. We had hit it off right away the first time,… Continue reading Friends in Faith: Deborah Elliott-Upton
Category: Friendship
Who Did Jesus Love Best?
Note: On Saturdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. When I was in my early teens, I had a best friend. But we ended up in different homerooms the following year, and only saw each other for a class or… Continue reading Who Did Jesus Love Best?
On the Nightstand: Jesuit and Franciscan Spirituality
The past few weeks have been crazy busy for me. So I’m grateful my friend Caroline Lawry gifted me Hearts on Fire: Praying with Jesuits. It’s a lovely collection of dozens of prayers, none more than a page long. It’s helped keep me remember faith is more important than any of the world’s noise. I’ll… Continue reading On the Nightstand: Jesuit and Franciscan Spirituality
Friends in Faith: Karin O’Reilly
About a year ago, I was in need of someone to do some research into Catholic bloggers, women’s groups, and the like (not to mention resources to replace dead links on my web site). I whined to a friend that she’d be perfect for the work, if she wasn’t already busy with her husband, two… Continue reading Friends in Faith: Karin O’Reilly