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  • Holy Week at Home

    The Days of Holy Week and What They Mean, JerseyCatholic.com PALM SUNDAY: on this day, Christians commemorate Jesus’ ‘triumphal entry’ into Jerusalem where the Gospels tell us He was greeted with crowds waving palm branches and crying “Hosanna! Blessed is the… Continue reading

  • Fighting Fear

    No Longer a Slave to Fear by Zach Williams I’ve been listening to praise music a lot over the past few months. Christian music and country music are my faves, and since the sudden passing of my husband, praise music… Continue reading

  • More of Me

    I’ve noticed something when I am with my daughter and her husband, and it makes me very happy. When the work day ends, and they pick up their litte guy, the phones are put to the side. They are choosing… Continue reading

  • The Best of Loves

    We experience love in various ways. With today being Valentine’s Day, it’s a day to focus on those we love. I’ll have to admit, this is a tough day for me personally as it’s my first Valentine’s Day without my husband in… Continue reading

  • Learning from Teaching

    During my time teaching in public school, I spent many years teaching Ancient World History. There were five basic themes within our history curriculum: culture, history, economics, geograhy, and human-environmental interaction. Honesty, I absolutely loved what I taught. Why? Well, because the curriculum was interesting!… Continue reading

  • Winter Weeding

    When I was initially thinking of a title for this week’s blog, I thought of “Winter Weading” with weading implying reading. Our son used to say W for R when he was a little guy, so cute. Then I thought, well maybe… Continue reading

  • New Year, New Perspective

    “One Thousand Gifts” by Ann Vosjamp is the name of the book that my dear friend Liz just gave me. Our family has recently suffered a loss, a great and unexpected loss, and the writings of authors like Lysa Terkeurst and… Continue reading

  • A Job About JESUS

    As parents of faith in this world, we have a job during Christmas. It’s our most important job, our responsibility, but in its true essence, it’s our privilege. We plan: we take pictures for a family card, we check addresses, we shop… Continue reading

  • The Book Goes On (The Book Keeps a Poundin’ Rhythm to the Brain)

    One of our kids liked to read more than the other.  Curt would sit and read book after book, and then he would reenact scenes from the story.  He would imagine he was part of the story. Gina liked to… Continue reading

  • CHOOSING

    When I was teaching, yes, I had to focus on content. Reading and writing strategies and patterns in ancient history were carefully planned as daily goals. But what I didn’t “plan” was equally as important. There were endless opportunities to… Continue reading

  • What’s Hiding in a Problem?

    Problems and worries are too much to bear alone.   It seems as if this is affecting our kids as much as us. There’s an author of children’s books that I only discovered as a middle school teacher, Kobi Yamada.  I… Continue reading

  • THINK UPON THESE THINGS

    (repost) Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable–if anything is excellent or praiseworthy–think about such things.   Philippians 4:8 Let’s just face it.  There is a battle for… Continue reading