Pedro Cumba’s first brush with death came in 1995 when a rival drug gang robbed him. “They pushed me down the basement steps and made me lay face down on the floor,” Cumba said. “He went to shoot me in the back of the head but the gun didn’t go off.” Pedro…
“Hey Patti, I’m getting serious about praying for my family. I’m going to do a 40-day fast and daily rosary, do you want to join me?” My friend Shellie Rusch asked me this recently. She has six kids and we have a spiritual sisterhood in many ways. As a wife and mother of ten, I…
When we’ve messed up, we should run to our mother. Scripture makes it clear. At the wedding at Cana, either the wine list or the guest list was miscalculated. Someone messed up. Mary told Jesus about it, and he saved the day by turning water into wine. But why would the Savior of the World…
While many people believe forgetting an injury is part of forgiveness, Fr. Justin Waltz, pastor of St. Leo’s Church in Minot, ND, suggested just the opposite. In fact, he stated that forgetting is not even possible. “The only type of forgetting I have heard of is stuffing,” he said during a retreat presentation and added,…
As many of my clients strove to overcome their addictions to drugs or alcohol, I always suggested they tap into a powerful source for recovery–God. Sure, some people did it without him, but not most. God could pick them up where they were at and carry them through the pain and struggles all…
l Walsh was 17 years old when the car he was driving hit a tree on Chester Pike in suburban Piladelphia on an icy December night in 1983. One doctor described his head injuries as the equivalent of dropping an egg on a cement sidewalk. Not only was his skull shattered, every bone…
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…
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…
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…