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To Light a Fire on the Earth: Proclaiming the Gospel in a Secular Age Robert Barron with John L. Allen, Jr. Image Books $27 (hardcover) As a Bishop Barron fangirl, I was excited to dive into this book, which is as much a biography as it is an outline of Barron’s...
As we enter January and February, I can’t help but feel a bit melancholy after the excitement of Christmas. Now I have two more months of bleak weather where I’m likely to be trapped indoors with fighting kids who will start to push me to my limits. This is the perfect...
December might be the craziest, most hectic month of the year. But it’s also a prime time to talk about Jesus! Tapping into the penitential season of Advent without crossing over into the joy of Christmas is nearly impossible. And really, the excitement is part of the fun. How can...
Prayer is not easy for me, much less for my kids. In fact, I fail far more than I succeed. Any success I have is credited to the Holy Spirit and some miracle of my cooperation. Maybe you struggle with prayer, too. Here are some things I’ve found useful in...
Sidebar by Sarah Reinhard Lent is the time of year I love to hate. It’s all too easy for Lenten practices to turn into big, impossible jobs. And yet, after the overload of Christmas, there’s something about the spartan that’s appealing. The three pillars of Lent are fasting, almsgiving, and...
Lent appears to never end. But Easter seems gone in a snap. Some years I blink and wonder if I missed it. But in actuality, while the plastic bunnies and egg-laden trees disappear by Monday afternoon, to Christians, Easter is a fifty-day season! Think about it. On Good Friday we...