Recipes for Saintly Living
Some of you will be happy to know I’ve completed the first draft of my St. Ignatius post! It was when I began working on the second draft that my good friend, Inigo, tapped...
HORSES SPEAK OF GOD: HOW HORSES CAN TEACH US TO LISTEN AND BE TRANSFORMED by Laurie M. Brock is spiritually delicious and full of goodness. I highly recommend it to anyone hungry for a...
This is not my story. I literally went along for the ride as support personnel. Even so, I was incredibly moved by the entire experience. And, I got photos! Consider this a sequel to...
I usually don’t do this in my blog because I like to keep the saint I’m studying a surprise until I publish their post, but, in this case, I gotta break my own rules...
The Lord of the Rings (LOTR) movies are my go-to cinema therapy during troubled times. This means that I’ve been watching them pretty much on a repeat loop since Sandy Hook on December 14, 2012....
Several months ago, over breakfast with a fellow adult child of an alcoholic, I recommended a book which helped me. I said something about it being a difficult read and that she might need...
All you Episcopal clergy with ears to hear, listen up – many of you are mostly doing Epiphany wrong. Here’s how I know this: I’ve been a confirmed and active member of the Episcopal...
Jacopo and Domenico Tintoretto St. Stephen, Deacon and Martyr, was born early in the first century likely into a Hellenistic (Greek influenced and Greek speaking) Jewish family. Stéphanos is a Greek name meaning crown....
Confession: I’ve been making this how-to-become-a-saint thing much more complicated than it is. Out of all the posts I’ve written since 2012, only two of them (All Saints and Visitation) give away the not-so-secret secret that...
This post serves to confirm my hypothesis that the How-to-Find Sea Glass Recipe in my recent St. Francis of Assisi post can be adapted to finding all kinds of treasures along mountain trails, country lanes, or even...
My mother-in-law, Carolynn, became a saint in heaven on August 2, 2017, after living a full life of 93 years among us on earth. She was born on May 13, 1924, exactly seven years...
Although St. Francis of Assisi died in the evening of October 3, 1226, his feast day is celebrated on October 4 due to a misalignment in the medieval and modern-era calendars. Technically, he’s my...
In my last post, I wrote I was traveling through a dark valley with Jesus by my side. I’m writing now to report I’m climbing my way out via a staircase made of counseling, psychology...
I highly recommend TEARS TO TRIUMPH: THE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY FROM SUFFERING TO ENLIGHTENMENT by Marianne Williamson! Her broad message — although it ain’t easy, ego (and addictions) can be overcome by practicing a soul-led...
Jerome (Jerry) John Garcia was born in San Francisco, CA, on August 1, 1942. He died on August 9, 1995, when his big ol’ heart gave out on him in the middle of the...
I ended my last post, Miracle Cats & Soul Mates, with the needing of a break from all the miracles and messages I was receiving. The Lord, on the other hand, indicated something more along the...
Confession: I’m not a fan of dogs. There, I’ve said it. As a recovering people pleaser, I practiced authenticity by giving up pretending to like dogs on social media for Lent. As ridiculous as...
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