Off the beaten path
Our family’s road trip out West was everything we thought it would be – exhilarating and exhausting.
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Celebrate each mother and father as a national treasure
My husband has wanted to share his childhood memories of South Dakota with our family. After a few years of “let’s wait ’til the kids get older,” we decided 2018 would be the year.
Pardon and peace start at home
Friday fish fries and confession are likely the most advertised Lenten activity in Catholic parishes. I’ll give you one guess at which is the least attended.
On faithfulness and fruitfulness
This year, Feb. 14 was both Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day.
My Ash Wednesday with Shakira
Clicking away at this column for the umpteenth time – kids have been sick on and off for a week; the only opening at the doctor’s office today is smack in the middle of nap time; I’m starting my own Lenten fast off with DayQuil – and Shakira has come to my rescue! Yes, I …
Of parenthood and childhood
During Advent and Christmas we accompanied Joseph and Mary through uncertainty and hope to the little town of Bethlehem, through a silent night of anxiousness and joy away in a manger.
Savor the season with your senses
I will never forget a phone conversation my husband, Denny, and I had early on in our relationship.
Fruitfulness in Faith
Thank you for the warm reception to my joining the Catholic Herald staff! I appreciated the feedback from my first column linking Natural Family Planning with a foundation of navigating life with a faith perspective.
Next gen NFP
Natural Family Planning can feel like un-Natural Family Planning and even, at times, Natural Family un-Planning.
A time of transition
In all journeys, we come to crossroads. For me, weeklong vacations with my family – something my parents, sisters and our families have managed to accomplish twice in five years – are rare gifts, a glimpse into how life might have been if we’d all lived a century earlier.