Looks like I’m neglecting the old blog again, doesn’t it?
A lot has been happening around here. First, we went on that trip to St. Pete Beach. We had a great time—I celebrated my birthday while there, we swam in the pool a lot, I went shopping with my mom and sister, the boys played with [...]
Archive for the ‘Faith’ Category
5 Sep
Making Up for Lost Time
7 Aug
Writing by Faith (and not by sight)
After two days of reading loads of literary agent blogs, my head is spinning.
I’m not one of those who writes with the goal of publication. I write because I can’t help myself. Just ask my friend Sabrina, who could probably show you whole boxes of letters I’ve written her over the years—letters about nothing, letters [...]
28 Jul
Discovery: Part Two
This came to me Sunday night at Mass as I listened about the feeding of the five thousand. One boy’s small offering, transformed into a substantial meal for all those people. We do what we can, we give what we have and offer it to the Lord, and He transforms it into something that will [...]
8 Dec
On the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Dear Friends,
I greet you with nerves in knots. It’s been so long since I posted anything here, you’ve all likely given up on me.
I confess I’ve been enjoying my time away from the ‘net. I’ve even considered never coming back to Epistles from Echowood.
But today in the Catholic Church we celebrate the Feast of the [...]
27 Oct
The Fate of This Blog…
Dear Friends,
I was kind of looking forward to the one-year anniversary of my blog (next month). I’ve been working on some things that I wanted to post, including my conversion story, which is finally finished. A year ago today, I received the Sacrament of Confirmation in the Catholic Church. Last night after Mass, I stopped [...]
23 Oct
Pro-Abortion Christianity: An Untenable Position
Dear Friends,
Today after school, I was chatting at the bus stop with a new-ish mom-friend of mine whom I’ll call Miss Blue (for her pretty blue eyes). She’s a wonderfully friendly lady and has been very kind to me my and my children ever since we met. She is also a fallen-away Catholic (fell [...]
28 Aug
What Matters Most
The other day, I made the mistake of sneaking a peek at one of the “discussions” on the religion/Christianity forum at Amazon. Not sure why I did it, for I knew what I would find.
Somebody (we’ll call him Truth-Seeker) began the thread with a seemingly innocuous question about why there are so many Christian churches. [...]
12 Aug
The Problem of Holy Communion
Ever since the night my husband and I had our most recent discussion about the difficulties of my being Catholic and his being Lutheran, I have been thinking (a lot!) about the “problem” of Holy Communion: that is, why aren’t non-Catholics welcome to receive the Eucharist at a Catholic Mass?
What a difficult question that [...]
4 Aug
A Simple Woman’s Daybook for Monday, August 4, 2008
Outside My Window…The sky is the lightest gray you can imagine—nearly white. I can’t tell if it’s going to rain or not.
I am thinking…About how I long to live out my Catholic faith in a simple, joyful way—and about how emotionally exhausting it can be to try to do so when it [...]
2 Jul
“The Mistake….” Part II
I had no idea that my husband had any interest in the musings of my blog until last night. After getting a mild version of the cold shoulder from him for a week, I finally asked him what was going on.
Well, he’d read this post, and it had made him really angry. He [...]
