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And Your Neighbor As Yourself!
Laura Nelson distinguishes pride and self-love from the love God wants us to have for ourselves because we are His creation.
Author Laura Nelson
Laura Nelson
Laura B. Nelson is a Catholic wife and mother of three children. She is also a Catholic blogger, author, speaker, teacher and life-long student of the Catholic faith. After receiving her degree in history from the University of Texas at Austin, Laura let her curiosity and enthusiasm take her down many paths including working in the world of finance, full-time motherhood, ministry leader, catechist, music teacher, speaker and author. Laura likes to be busy but she most enjoys spending time with her husband and three children at their home in Grapevine, TX. Visit her blogs at Green for God and Suburban Sainthood.
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The Laborers Are Few
Do you you feel like a maid and chauffeur more than a mom? Laura Nelson offers some ways you can involve your children in completing those household chores.
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How Do You Pray?
Have you ever felt stale in your prayer life? Laura Nelson suggests a few different ways to pray that might liven things up a bit.
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Hurting on the Inside and on the Sidelines
Laura Nelson struggles to understand why so many people suffer emotionally and is feeling helpless instead of helpful. Do you hurt watching someone you love who suffers emotionally?
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Cluttered House, Cluttered Spirit
Laura Nelson is struggling this Lent to make way for the Lord in her heart and her home. Does the clutter in your physical life distract you in your spiritual life?
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Prepping for the Desert
Lent is just a week away and Laura Nelson has some ideas of what to pack for your time in the desert. What are you bringing with you into the desert this Lent?
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Waltz With Me Into the New Year
Laura Nelson is tired of resolutions that she has no hope of achieving. This year, she plans on waltzing her way through the year instead.
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An Intentional Christmas
Laura Nelson struggled to keep things simple during Christmas until she found a way to avoid the frantic pace that so many of us can get caught up in during this time of year.
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Looking for God in All the Wrong Places
Laura Nelson muses, “my inability to find God is more about my poor sight and flawed search criteria.” What are the best ways to search for God?
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The Green Shepherd
Laura Nelson ponders the idea of the Good Shepherd and how it relates to Care for Creation.
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To Quit or Not To Quit…?
Laura Nelson struggles with letting herself and her children quit things, even when it’s best for them. How do you know what should stay or what should go?
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Is that normal?!?
Laura Nelson struggles with her idea of what it means to be a “normal” Catholic. Is sainthood for “normal” people like us?
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Listening for God’s Voice
Laura Nelson is finding it easier to hear God in silence but harder to find the silence she needs to hear Him.
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God Is My Rudder (And I Didn't Even Know It!)
Sometimes God’s guiding hand isn’t evident until you look back. But it’s definitely there even when you don’t see it. Laura Nelson shares how she discovered that God was shining light on her path.
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Tending the Garden of Life
Laura celebrates her mother’s life as she slowly passes from this world to the next.