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Danielle Bean

Danielle Bean
Danielle Bean, a mother of eight, is Editorial Director of Faith & Family. She is author of My Cup of Tea, Mom to Mom, Day to Day, and most recently Small Steps for Catholic Moms. Though she once struggled to separate her life and her work, the two …
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Rachel Balducci

Rachel Balducci
Rachel Balducci is married to Paul and they are the parents of five lively boys and one precious baby girl. She is the author of How Do You Tuck In A Superhero?, and is a newspaper columnist for the Diocese of Savannah, Georgia. For the past four years, she has …
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Lisa Hendey

Lisa Hendey
Lisa Hendey is the founder and editor of CatholicMom.com and the author of A Book of Saints for Catholic Moms and The Handbook for Catholic Moms. Lisa is also enjoys speaking around the country, is employed as webmaster for her parish web sites and spends time on various …
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Arwen Mosher

Arwen Mosher
Arwen Mosher lives in southeastern Michigan with her husband Bryan and their 4-year-old daughter, 2-year-old son, and twin boys born May 2011. She has a bachelor's degree in theology. She dreads laundry, craves sleep, loves to read novels and do logic puzzles, and can't live without tea. Her personal blog site …
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Rebecca Teti

Rebecca Teti
Rebecca Teti is married to Dennis and has four children (3 boys, 1 girl) who -- like yours no doubt -- are pious and kind, gorgeous, and can spin flax into gold. A Washington, DC, native, she converted to Catholicism while an undergrad at the U. Dallas, where she double-majored in …
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Robyn Lee

Robyn Lee
Robyn Lee is a 30-something, single lady, living in Connecticut in a small bungalow-style kit house built by her great uncle in the 1950s. She also conveniently lives next door to her sister, brother-in-law and six kids ... and two doors down are her parents. She received her undergraduate degree from …
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DariaSockey

DariaSockey
Daria Sockey is a freelance writer and veteran of the large family/homeschooling scene. She recently returned home from a three-year experiment in full time outside employment. (Hallelujah!) Daria authored several of the original Faith&Life Catechetical Series student texts (Ignatius Press), and is currently a Senior Writer for Faith&Family magazine. A latecomer …
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Guest Bloggers

Kate Lloyd

Kate Lloyd
Kate Lloyd is a rising senior, and a political science major at Thomas More College of Liberal Arts in New Hampshire. While not in school, she lives in Whitehall PA, with her mom, dad, five sisters and little brother. She needs someone to write a piece about how it's possible to …
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Lynn Wehner

Lynn Wehner
As a wife and mother, writer and speaker, Lynn Wehner challenges others to see the blessings that flow when we struggle to say "Yes" to God’s call. Control freak extraordinaire, she is adept at informing God of her brilliant plans and then wondering why the heck they never turn out that …
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The Gift of Time to Pray

Asking for what we need

Whenever I’m in a stressful period (like having newborn twins, hey!) I need to pray. And sadly, all that stress makes it harder than usual to find time to pray.

I often end up feeling stressed or like a failure because I haven’t fit prayer into my day, but it honestly never occurred to me that there’s a simple way I can help myself get the time: ask for it.

Melanie Bettinelli, who blogs at The Wine... READ MORE 


Oprah's Last Show

the good and the bad

I watched the Oprah series finale this afternoon. Don’t ask me how I pulled it off—I haven’t been able to watch anything at four in the afternoon since my oldest boys were toddlers. But somehow the big boys were all gone and both babies asleep and there I sat, folding laundry and watching Oprah.

I’ll admit I used to watch Oprah way back then. I was on a big kick for a while and really did enjoy the... READ MORE 


The Bunny's Angel

The joy of teaching kids about God

When I decided to major in theology in college, one of the reasons I did it was so that when my future children asked the hard questions, I’d be able to answer some of them.

I pictured solemn dinner table discussions about topics like Purgatory and the Beatific Vision. My kids would know exactly what “Oh happy fault!” means, and the difference between plenary and partial indulgences. I could teach... READ MORE 


You Are Loved

don't you forget it!

When Paul and I were first newlyweds, I worked at the local newspaper. On Valentine’s Day, employees got the special perk of getting a free classified ad to pronounce our deepest emotions to our loved ones.

When it came time for me to fill out my little slot, as I reflected on everything I was feeling and thinking on my first married Valentine’s Day, I was overwhelmed. I couldn’t decide what to say.... READ MORE 


Blessed Health

On the complexity of creation

Two years ago right now, newborn Blaise was in the hospital with RSV and I was struggling, big-time.

Having a sick child is never fun. Having an eight-pound infant hospitalized for a week and a half while you’re dealing with postpartum hormones is awful. It was supposed to be our babymoon, but I spent ten nights of it catching snatches of sleep in between comforting a newborn who couldn’t understand... READ MORE 


It's Not About Me

I received a one-two punch in my morning reflections today. As the resident control freak in my house, I just love, love, love clarity.

Today’s Magnificat Gospel reflection by Elizabeth Leseur:

“Let us never look for the result of our efforts for others. It is good for us not to know it, for if we did, pride in doing good, the most subtle pride of all, might follow.”

Imitation of Christ (Chapter 47):... READ MORE 


A Moment in Time

Enjoy your weekend of "moments" ...

A moment in time
so quickly does fly,
here and then gone,
in the blink of an eye.

A moment in time
created for good,
so full of potential
to live as we should.


A moment in time
so what will YOU do
with this moment created
by God just for YOU?

- Lynn Wehner

 


Little Picture, Big Heart

A lesson from my dad

For years my father has had a framed watercolor of a heart on his dresser. My younger sister was making it for him, but smudged it. Disappointed, she threw it away, but he rescued it and framed it.

I always like seeing the heart, which feels to me like a metaphor for the way Dad loves his children despite and through our weaknesses.

My father is a wise man, and he too draws a metaphor from the heart picture. He published the piece on his blog, and I found it both moving and true. You can read it here: “The Broken Heart”.


Hawking Nonsense

dear physicists, please butt out of metaphysics
http://heritage.stsci.edu/2009/05/index.html

“Hawking says Science proves there is no God” read the headlines.

“Here we go again,” thought I.

I read the lengthy excerpt from the great physicist’s new book hoping for an intellectual challenge and found the same old thing: “Science” pretending to prove what “Science” cannot even speak about.

I use the scare quotes not to imply disrespect for scientists or scientific inquiry, or even for Mr.... READ MORE 


How Big Is He?

Learning to be small in the confessional

We were waiting to go to confession before Mass, and it looked like the line was too long for everyone to make it through in time.

Then one of the parish’s deacons, already vested, came down the row, whispering to us. “Father has asked that when you go into the confessional, you just list your sins. Don’t waste time trying to explain them. Keeping it simple makes confession better, and quicker too.”... READ MORE 


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