Columns – Page 2

A Once-A-Month-Cooking Primer

Read tips on how to start freezer cooking over at Faith & Family LIVE today. Have a wonderful weekend!

Empty Yourself, Let God Fill You Up

“Excuse me, ma’am?” a teenager invades my deep thoughts as I stand stewing over what brand of canned black beans will provide the best nutritional bang for the buck. Organic or not? I glance in his direction. He’s clad in all-black, his shoulders are slumped, and his hands are stuffed deeply in his pockets. “Yes?”Read the whole post >>

New Column: Peace Be With Me

An excerpt my latest Inside Catholic column: “I’ll never stop trying to find the quiet — especially during Advent, when we’re supposed to see past the holiday hoopla, the mass commercialism, the sing-song-y, overly synthesized Simply-Having-a-Wonderful-Christmastime kind of vapid lyrics, the chronic case of the “gimmes” that begins to plague children before the Thanksgiving leftoversRead the whole post >>

Motherhood is Not a Prison Sentence

Happy Feast of Saint Nicholas! Here’s one from the archives because I haven’t had much time to write lately (obviously). This is an old column (rather than a blog post). It originally appeared at Faith & Family LIVE! and more recently at the Catholic New Agency’s Catholic Womanhood website. I’m starting to raise sympathetic eyebrowsRead the whole post >>

Look Who’s Writing Now

My beautiful and exceedingly talented mom (AKA Gaba) is writing over at Faith & Family LIVE! It’s a tear-jerker, so don’t forget to grab a Kleenex before clicking over there. Read Outgrowing My Mother.