Anna LaNave was wearing a green-and-white-striped shirt and a radiant smile when I met her in 2005. She was in charge of a ministry called Landings at the parish I’d tiptoed into as someone away from the Church for decades. Anna and Landings gave me a safe place to ask questions about God… and to come back… Continue reading Being Christ in Our Lives: Anna LaNave
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On the Nightstand: October
Preparing for the prayer retreat I facilitated last month meant I got to read a lot of great books, including Jon M. Sweeney’s Praying with Our Hands: 21 Practices of Embodied Prayers from the World’s Spiritual Traditions. The images of prayer–with our hands, in dance, at altars–are stunning. The text is thought provoking. Here’s an… Continue reading On the Nightstand: October
Being Christ in Our Lives: Bonnie Rose Hudson
My friend Bonnie Rose Hudson inspires me because she trusts God so completely. When she was still in her 20s, she went to her first writers’ conference–alone, without knowing anyone in attendance. She knew she was being called to write, specifically for young adults. In just the past two years, Bonnie Rose has gone from… Continue reading Being Christ in Our Lives: Bonnie Rose Hudson
On the Nightstand: September
I recently finished (and loved!) Pat Gohn’s Blessed, Beautiful, and Bodacious: Celebrating the Gift of Catholic Womanhood. Part memoir, part instruction, it’s about the awesome gift of being a spiritual mother. Catholics will drink in the Marian connection, but there are plenty of gems for all Christians, including: “God’s spirit is very adaptable. Just open… Continue reading On the Nightstand: September