by Catherine | Jun 12, 2017 | Featured, Poetry, Reflections, Seasons
This morning, sunshine beams un-self-consciously crashing violently against darkness Springtime does not mean any offense, did not intend to interrupt despair contradict anxiety. Audacious. She cannot help herself. Springtime expands and protrudes and infiltrates...
by Catherine | May 1, 2017 | Blog, Books, Faith, Featured, Giveaway, Guest Writer
Friends, I am so excited to introduce you to Whitney R. Simpson. Whitney is a fellow member of the Redbud Writers Guild, and when we met years ago I knew I had found a kindred spirit. She recently released her new book, Holy Listening with Breath, Body, and the...
by Catherine | Apr 10, 2017 | Blog, Faith, family, Featured, Holy Week, My Life
For twenty minutes yesterday, young children and palm branches surrounded me on all sides. Like many churches, we have a Palm Sunday procession to mark the beginning of Holy Week. When I dropped my Kindergartner at her class, I offered to stay and help. My...
by Catherine | Mar 29, 2017 | Blog, Faith, Featured, My Life, Reflections, Thoughts
A few years ago I boarded an airplane for a 12+ hour flight. After settling into my (middle) seat, the passenger in the aisle seat next to me arrived and started settling in herself. Like most international travelers, she was armed with a few books, a few...
by Catherine | Dec 6, 2016 | Advent, Blog, Faith, family, Featured, My Life, Reflections, Thoughts
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. (Proverbs 13:12) Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. (Hebrews 11:1) With the dark...
by Catherine | Nov 11, 2016 | Blog, Books, Featured
Friends, it has been a joy this past year to write my first book, Long Days of Small Things: Motherhood as a Spiritual Discipline (NavPress, 2017). The book is finished (my end of it anyway) and getting ready to be sold March of 2017…which suddenly doesn’t...
