Confirmation in a Little Red Book
Next spring, our youngest of five will be Confirmed in the Church! With First Eucharist happening the same day, we’ll have nudged all …

Roxane B. Salonen, Fargo, ND, is a wife and mother of three sons and two daughters. She also wears the hats of church cantor, children's author, speaker, newspaper columnist and communications specialist through her business, Beauclair Communications. Find her musings on faith and family life at Peace Garden Mama, and ruminations on the writing life at Peace Garden Writer.
Next spring, our youngest of five will be Confirmed in the Church! With First Eucharist happening the same day, we’ll have nudged all …
Last night, I was privileged to dine with national Catholic radio host, author and apologist, Patrick Madrid. I should probably mention there were …
Somehow, I made it out of D.C. alive. There were times I wondered if it would happen, truly. For one, 50+ hours traveling …
Editor’s note: I would like to express condolences to Roxane and her entire family as they say goodbye to her father. Roxane, …
My mom isn’t prone to being easily rattled. So when she says something like, “Is there any chance you can get away for …
One summer during junior high, I volunteered to help with Vacation Bible School and was assigned to be an aide in the …
Without a doubt in my mind, I know that this Advent will go down as one of the most blessed of my life. …
I’m so pleased to be part of the effort to help spread word of my sweet friend Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle’s brand-new book, “Rooted In …
For the past several years, I’ve been so very blessed by invitations to present at, sing at or simply participate in Advent offerings …
I remember saying The Pledge of Allegiance as a kindergartner, my tiny hand placed somewhere in the vicinity of where my heart supposedly …
The other day on the way to school, one of my daughters came up with what we in journalism call a bombshell question. “So, …