9-Day Back-to-School Prayer Challenge: A Novena for the Start of the School Year
Ah, back-to-school season. The time of year that most students (teachers?) dread and all parents rejoice. It’s also the time that my control freak tendencies…
power of prayer
4 Ways Lent Can (Still) Change You
Like the dark smudge on your forehead, Lent is something that has already disappeared for many in today’s stressful world. However, observing Lent can alter…
The Prayer Ping: How Technology Changes Our Conversations With God
Yesterday, my adult daughter, Martha, texted me to ask for prayers for a co-worker who had just died of cancer. The words in the gray…
The Gravity of Prayer
I’ve got a bone to pick with Gravity, or with its marketing scheme at the very least. The film, a tense walk with Sandra Bullock through the worst space trip since 1979, presents itself as a sci-fi survivalist nightmare, think Open Water in orbit…
People of God, We Need To Pray
People of God, we need to pray. Hard. With the joyous signs of Christmas packed away, we find ourselves again in the liturgical season of…
For Immaculée: Victory in the Darkness
Picture a 22-year-old Catholic college student. She is studying electrical and mechanical engineering. She has a loving family and many friends. She is pretty and…
Those who pray do more for the world than those who fight, and if the world is going from bad to worse it is because there are more battles than prayers. — Donoso Cortes
Today try using prayer, rather than your thoughts or actions, as a way to deal with situations.
Steve Jobs and My Daughter
Due to my admittedly Amish tendencies when it comes to technology, I was surprised at the wave of sadness that washed over me when I…
Women Healing from Abuse
“Your faith has made you well,” Jesus says to a woman who seeks out his healing presence. “Go in peace, and be healed…” (Mark 5:34).…
Spiritual Healing
It was the Sunday before Thanksgiving, and while most Americans were anticipating the joy of family togetherness and the turkey feast in the coming days,…
