Christina M | August 25, 2007
No, not mine. My Charming and Patient Husband continues to sweep me off my feet. What I want to ask is for prayers for people who are going through divorce. I know that divorce is a lamentable and destructive thing. I know that it hurts families and that many people view it far too lightly; […]
Christina M | August 24, 2007
Today, say a prayer for someone who already has strong faith. You never know what struggles they may not be telling.
Christina M | August 20, 2007
Joel tagged whoever, so I took it. What are you reading right now?Don’t Know Much about History, Schindler’s List, The Well-Trained Mind. Just finished Madeleine Takes Command today. Do you have any idea what you’ll read when you’re done with that?My Charming and Patient Husband would like me to read Peter Beagle’s A Fine and […]
Christina M | August 20, 2007
Next time you feel like losing hope because you are not in control, consider this:For some two thousand years, the Lord and Creator of the Universe has, daily, put Himself in the hands of human beings. Some of them receive Him unworthily; some even do worse, desecrating Him and committing other deplorable sacrileges. Yet day […]
Christina M | August 19, 2007
I’ve always been a strong proponent of prayer, and recently I realized that maybe I should put that quality in myself to good use and make a profit from it. Specifically, I was thinking maybe I could write prayer intentions for Oregon Catholic Press. So here, I offer a practice set of intentions, as an […]
Christina M | August 18, 2007
Christina M | August 17, 2007
I think maybe next time I get a call from my mortgage company, instead of answering with “hello” I may answer with “this call may be recorded or monitored for quality assurance.”
Christina M | August 15, 2007
Remember the phrase so popular in the 80’s? (Cleaned up a little, but still recognizable.) I liked it so much I translated it into French in high school. Around the same time, I used to wear a button that said “There is no gravity. The earth sucks.” And just what is wrong with life being […]
Christina M | August 15, 2007
I didn’t make it into the Catholic Carnival this week, but it’s a good one; this week it’s hosted at Just Another Day of Catholic Pondering, with a back-to-school theme. Take a look!
Christina M | August 14, 2007
You know you’re a big family when… …people count the number of your children out loud when you’re in public…people ask, “Are they all yours?”…you start counting your children when you’re out in public…you have at least three bunk beds set up in your home…almost everyone you know has less children than you do…people say, […]