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How do we make our home a place, another Bethany, where Jesus is welcome?
Sara and Justin Kraft - Jul 29, 2021
Sara and Justin Kraft reflect on Luke 10:38-42 and how we can invite Jesus to be our friend, always welcome in our homes. -
Cultivating the Virtue of Hospitality
Mackenzie Worthing - Jul 27, 2021
Hospitality is not merely the invitation to come over to your home or to an event you are hosting, but hospitality is a virtue modeled throughout the Sacred Scriptures that we are called to implement and imitate in our own lives. -
How to Keep the Sabbath Holy Through Rest, Prayer, and Leisure
Jeannie Ewing - Jul 20, 2021
Jeannie Ewing writes on how to incorporate rest, prayer, and leisure into the celebration of the Sabbath day. -
7 Bible Verses You Should Commit to Memory
Sara and Justin Kraft - Jul 13, 2021
Sara and Justin Kraft reflect on how memorizing Scripture allows us to keep the truth ever present in our mind and suggest 7 verses to begin memorizing Scripture. -
5 Easy Ways to Pray While Traveling
Josh Florence - Jun 29, 2021
Just because you are going on vacation does not mean that you have to leave your prayer routine altogether at home. Josh Florence outlines 5 pratical and fruitful ways to cultivate prayer while traveling. -
St. Joseph & My Dad
Hannah Crites - Jun 17, 2021
Hannah Crites reflects on the titles of St. Joseph, recalls moments from her relationship with her dad, and shares nuggets on the meaning of true fatherhood. -
How To Pray For the Gifts of the Holy Spirit
Jeannie Ewing - May 27, 2021
The Holy Spirit dwells within all Christians. Jeannie Ewing reflects on how to be open to the Holy Spirit and pray for the gifts of wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord in our lives. -
St. Joseph is the Man!
John Kubasak - Mar 16, 2021
John Kubasak reflects on the life of St. Joseph and the lessons that the foster father of Jesus can give to our own spiritual lives. -
God Does Not Waste Life
Rachel Forton - Feb 23, 2021
In the third installment of our pro-life series, Rachel Forton reflects on her pro-life journey through motherhood, miscarriage, and living pro-life values in everyday life. -
A Profound Respect for Human Life
Jeannie Ewing - Jan 26, 2021
In the second installment of our pro-life series, Jeannie Ewing reflects on the complex emotions and messy challenges that come with the gift of motherhood. -
Living Your Baptismal Mission as Priest, Prophet, and King
Sara and Justin Kraft - Jan 6, 2021
On Sunday, January 10 we will celebrate the Baptism of the Lord. Through Baptism we are redeemed and made children of God for mission. We live out this mission by sharing in the offices of Christ as priest, prophet, and king. Today’s blog discusses what these offices are and how to live them out! -
The (Often Unseen) Power of Intercessory Prayer
Sara and Justin Kraft - Oct 6, 2020
A basic tenet of our faith is that prayer is powerful. Unfortunately, and all too often, we do not live as if we believe this. I cannot count how many times I have prayed without confidence, without attention, and without expectation. It is an easy trap in which to fall. Yet, prayer of intercession offers us a beautiful opportunity to bless others and to be renewed by the grace of Jesus. -
Blessed John Tomaki: Father and Martyr
Sara and Justin Kraft - Sep 9, 2020
Is there anything I would not give up for Jesus? These are challenging questions. However, we don’t have to face them on our own strength. Like Blessed John Tomaki, who had been given courage by the examples of others, we too must encourage one another in our families to cling fast to Christ in turbulent times. -
Monica and Augustine: The Power of a Mother’s Prayers
Gillian Weyant - Aug 27, 2020
Just as God the Father longs for all of His children to return to a life of righteousness, so Monica longed for Augustine to give up his vicious ways and become who he was meant to be. -
5 Signs You Need a Break From Social Media
Jeannie Ewing - Aug 20, 2020
Those of us under the age of 45 may consider our social media platforms as our primary means of engaging in conversation, yet we wonder why we don’t feel more connected. When I was an undergraduate student in psychology, I recall a random fact that has stuck with me throughout these last twenty years: 85% of communication happens through body language, tonal inflection, and facial expressions. But what happens when nearly all our interactions take place online?
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- 1I Was A Pilgrim In History
- 2An Introduction to the Life and Writings of Cora Evans
- 3The Refugee from Heaven
- 4A Time to Laugh and a Time to Weep
I Was A Pilgrim In History
The book tells of the journey of the Magi from Egypt where they first witnessed a vision of the birth of the child Messiah. The story follows the Magi to their meeting with Herod and finding the Holy Family. It then follows the Holy Family’s flight to Egypt and their return trip to Nazareth. The story explores some new details of Jesus’ childhood and how His identity was kept secret. The story continues to the time of the Crucifixion of Jesus, and it ends with the Blessed Mother completing the first Stations of the Cross.
An Introduction to the Life and Writings of Cora Evans
An Introduction to the Life and Writings of Cora Evans: Wife, Mother, and Mystic is a personal journal written by one of her best friend, Christian Brother, Edward Behan. Behan shares his knowledge of Cora's life and writings, of her thoughts and insights, which unfolded over six years of inspiring friendship. This book sheds much light on Cora and her relationship with our Lord.
The Refugee from Heaven
The Refugee from Heaven recounts the life of Jesus Christ as an eyewitness, beginning with the first meeting between Jesus and Peter, on the shores of Mount Carmel Bay. With vivid detail and dialogue, this unique account breathes new life into well-known figures of the Gospels.
A Time to Laugh and a Time to Weep
NOW AVAILABLE! A Time to Laugh and A Time to Weep is a prayerful journey for healing, forgiveness, charity, kindness, and courage that traverses the highs and lows of motherhood and faith in light of Cora Evans’ writings. Travel alongside Cora Evans and Jeannie Ewing — one a woman of the early twentieth century, another a modern Catholic living in the frenzied, post-modern Information Age — and realize that truth, beauty, and wisdom exist outside of time.
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