On the Nightstand: October 2014

Recently, a priest suggested I pray with the Blessed Virgin Mary to help better hear God’s desires for me on a couple of decision points. He noted, more elegantly than this, that Mary pondered many things in her heart… listened to the Lord… and went about her life instead of being paralyzed with indecision. A… Continue reading On the Nightstand: October 2014

Being Christ in Our Lives: Pam Spano

Pragmatic. Positive. Passionate. Those are the words that come to mind when I think of Pam Spano, who owns Being Catholic… Really. You’ll find her in a number of places online, including Facebook, and Twitter. When Pam, who converted to Catholicism more than thirty years ago, and her husband weren’t being fed at their parish, they… Continue reading Being Christ in Our Lives: Pam Spano

On the Nightstand: September

I’m going to be traveling quite a bit in the coming weeks, so I went looking for something I could read on my Kindle. I wanted something not too deep, but also not too “pop.”   The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown with its ten guideposts for personal introspection seemed to fit the bill.  While I’ve gotten… Continue reading On the Nightstand: September

Being Christ in Our Lives: Pat Gohn

I met Pat Gohn in person last September at the National Conference of Catholic Women national convention, but I actually met her a couple months earlier when I devoured her soul-stirring book, Blessed, Beautiful, and Bodacious: Celebrating the Gift of Catholic Womanhood. Pat’s moving story of breast cancer and other struggles brought me close to tears. Her loving guide… Continue reading Being Christ in Our Lives: Pat Gohn