Where can you attend a memorial service for bees or join a protest against a man cutting down a tree on his property? In Oregon. The state is beautiful with a gentle climate, dramatic views and lush plant life–particularly trees. Such beauty attracts many nature lovers and a sizeable number of…
This story was originally published in Amazing Grace for Families. It is an uplifting reminder of how amazing life and love can be. “I can’t do this anymore,” I told my husband Kevin. After three years of painful fertility treatments with no results, enough was enough. The strong medication and the extreme hormone…
Some people think they are more highly evolved than those mired in morality. Their politically correct rants propel us into a strange new world where life, death, and marriage are relative and sexual urges determine right and wrong. But rather than evolving into higher thinking, their pride pulls them into insanity. Proof that…
He was one of Rochester, New York’s greatest athletes in the 1950s. When I was sixteen years old and in my physical prime, and he was in his 40’s, he beat me in the 40-yard dash like I was standing still. He could have played for anybody. The Cubs wanted to talk to…
The Ten Commandments are not good because God gave them to us; he gave them to us because they are good. You don’t have to believe God or even believe in God to realize that the rules for everlasting life are also good rules…
Each flag represents a life lost to abortion. When Maria Wanchic of Bismarck, ND was thirteen years old, she thought of all the lives lost to abortion and imagined putting up a memorial to represent them as individuals. “At the time, I thought about crosses,” she said. That was two…
Mary, Untier of Knots In honor of the month of May, here are two beautiful devotions to Mary. I’d love to hear the results if you participate in either of these. Pope Francis’s Devotion The first one, “Mary Undoer of Knots” also known as “Our Lady Untier of Knots,” I came…
Happy Spring! I am writing to share my exciting news that I have 2 books released this spring. Both were written to entertain readers with engaging stories that inspire. When I just wrote for secular publications, I thought religion was boring, My goal now, whether writing fiction or non-fiction,…
Lately, when I check the next-day weather report, I half-expect fire and brimstone to be in the forecast. It seems that it should be “time’s up” for the world’s silliness aka spiritual degradation to the nth degree. I cannot help but wonder why God is holding back. He is so very patient…
There’s an old saying: Imitation is the sincerest form of Flattery. It shows that you like and admire that person and want to be like him or her. In the case of the Blessed Mother, imitating her is our highest calling. We can do no better than to be like Mary, the Mother…
Big Hearted is best. No one wants to be the opposite; small or cold hearted. Jesus Christ has the biggest heart of all–the Sacred Heart. So how does one become bigger hearted? The heart is a muscle and like all muscles the more we use it, the stronger and bigger…
Snow covered early in week Abortion supporters have vowed revenge against North Dakota legislators for making it the most pro-life state in the nation. They have promised a legal battle against the new laws and are threatening lawmakers with voting them out of office. To be sure legislators get the message…