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
Category: Friendship
Friends in Faith: Tammy Workman
You often hear the phrase, “September 11 changed everything.” I wasn’t in DC or New York that day, but it changed a lot for me. I was on a business trip in the Los Angeles area with Tammy Workman, who sold advertising for the magazine where I was the editor. We’d always been friendly,… Continue reading Friends in Faith: Tammy Workman
Of Loaves, Fish, and Faith
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 was the first time I’d ever hosted a home Mass, and there were more people than we expected. I’d been back at this Catholic thing for about… Continue reading Of Loaves, Fish, and Faith
Doughnuts and Ministry
She tapped my shoulder on the way out of the sanctuary, the woman who had been sitting behind me at my parish’s early-morning Pentecost Mass. “You’re the one who knows about women saints, right?” she asked. I nodded. “I came to hear you Thursday night, but I got there late,” she said in an apologetic… Continue reading Doughnuts and Ministry