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Category: Spirituality

Lent 2013, Day 32: Come Saturday Morning

For one last time today, I’m going away with my friends… with my special sisters and brothers in Christ who are my St. Davids Christian Writers Association friends. Here’s how the day will go: I’ll sleep till around 7 a.m. at the beautiful Pittsburgh

Published March 16, 2013
Categorized as Catholicism, Friendship, Lent, Life in the 50s, Memoir, Nonfiction, Spirituality, St. Davids Christian Writers, Writers' Conferences, Writing

Lent 2013, Day 31: Letting Go of Your (and Their) Past

Note: On Fridays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. We’ve likely all had a few uncomfortable social media or real-life moments related to encounters with our pasts. Should you accept a friend request from John, whom you had

Published March 15, 2013
Categorized as Catholicism, Family, Friendship, Lent, Life in the 50s, Memoir, Nonfiction, Spirituality

Lent 2013, Day 30: With a Little Help From Our Friends

Friends say the funniest things. A couple of years ago, my When They Come Home: Ways to Welcome Returning Catholics co-author Anna LaNave and I were doing book-related presentations at the Catholic Information Center in downtown DC. We didn’t prove to be a very big draw, so we

Published March 14, 2013
Categorized as Catholicism, Friendship, Landings, Lent, Life in the 50s, Memoir, Spirituality, When They Come Home

Lent 2013, Day 29: Finding Favor

He was a talented but difficult young employee, someone who wanted plum assignments without paying the amount of dues that I, the grizzled veteran and manager, thought he should.

Published March 13, 2013
Categorized as Catholicism, Editing, Friendship, Lent, Life in the 50s, Memoir, Nonfiction, Spirituality, Writing

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