I just finished reading Bringing Up Geeks (Genuine, Enthusiastic, Empowered Kids): How to Protect Your Kid’s Childhood in a Grow-Up-Too-Fast World by Marybeth Hicks.  It is so excellent, full of totally common-sense objections to our culture’s vision of childhood, and … Keep reading

For Christmas this year, my darling husband gave me a copy of Macbeth by Ignatius Critical Editions, edited by Ave Maria’s Joseph Pearce.  Having so loved Ignatius’s Merchant of Venice and its reading of the play through the lens of … Keep reading

I’ve done a lot of reading and writing about Mary over the last few years, and of course I’ve learned about Our Lady of Fatima. When I was researching Our Lady of Fatima a couple of years ago, I discovered the … Keep reading

One of my new year’s resolutions every year is to draw my home’s rhythm closer in line with the Liturgical year.  As part of that, I will add a new project / celebration each month.  This coming year, I am … Keep reading

I just love a good story. Though it’s possible to find good stories in many places, I often find myself most smitten when it’s discovered between the covers of a well-crafted novel. And that’s just what I encountered when I … Keep reading

I know that some people don’t allow their children to believe in the Santa myth for a variety of reasons. My parents fell into this category. But, when my children were little, I decided to allow them to enjoy that … Keep reading

Weightless: Making Peace with Your Body, by Kate Wicker, is an amazing book for a lot of reasons. I think, though, that the number of people (women and men) who I hear commenting about holiday eating is as good a reason … Keep reading

This year, I came out of the cave known as my house and started teaching religious education again. In the summer, I spent time with our Confirmation class, and it was, in a word, delightful. It reminded me of why … Keep reading

I received a review copy of the YOUCAT and was so enamored with it that I found myself using it–and talking my co-catechist into using it, too!–for our Confirmation boot camp this summer. In fact, I approached our pastor and … Keep reading

“The Mass is What Catholics Do.”  These first words of the book, The Mass: The Glory, The Mystery, The Tradition” by Cardinal Donald Wuerl and Mike Aquilina remind us that celebrating the Mass is the source and summit of the … Keep reading