I’m So Thankful

Lately I have taken to doing my gardening rather late in the evening.  Here in Minnesota, the days have grown quite long and if I go out after supper is cleaned up, while the children are cleaning the playroom, I can be out for well over an hour with good light, and cooler temperatures. I’ve [...]

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Passionate Housewives Roundtable

We’re planning on having a sort of round-table discussion with Stacy McDonald and a few others, on some of the issues brought up in the book Passionate Housewives Desperate For God.  What I’d really like to do is clarify issues brought up in the book, dispel a few myths and rumors, and get a better [...]

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Passionate Housewives: Done!

I’m done!  I’ve finally finished the book!  My appologies to the e-mails and phone calls that have been woefully neglected as I threw myself back into being a happy homekeeper, and trying to find time for reading (and blogging).  It’s been a particularly busy couple of weeks in our house.  And we’ve been passing illnesses [...]

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The Milk of Faith

I was raised in the Episcopal Church. My father was the choir director and so I had a good working knowledge of what went in to making a church service run.  I saw it as a mini-show.  One rehearsed and prepared for during the week, and performed on Sunday. On Sundays I had a nice [...]

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Happy Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day! Being a mother is harder than I ever imagined it could be.  From constant care to catechesis, it never ends.  That is not something I was prepared for when my son was born four years ago.  I said to myself “Mothering is a 24 hour a day job and if you’re not [...]

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Christ, Or Else I Die

Words- William Hammond, 1719-1783 Gracious Lord, incline thy ear; My requests vouchsafe to hear; Hear my never-ceasing cry; Give me Christ, or else I die * Wealth and honor I disdain, Earthly comforts, Lord are vain; These can never satisfy; Give me Christ, or else I die. * All unholy and unclean I am nothing [...]

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Clarifications

I found a comment addressed to me in another blog that I had stopped reading.  I only went back to try to figure something out, rather unrelated to the comment I found, but upon finding the comment I feel I must answer it.  The original comment can be found here. 1)You moderate comments. You change [...]

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Defining “Authority”

I confess myself bewildered.  This morning, I watched the “Everyday News” segment reporting on the wedding of Katie Valenti and Phillip Bradrick.  Katie’s father made a statement that he was transferring his authority over Katie to Phillip.  What does that mean?? IMHO, parents are given equal authority over their children.  Fathers may be given the [...]

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