I’ll be visiting the Catholic Novel Book Group hosted by the St. Patrick Council of Catholic Women in Carlisle, PA, on Thursday, February 18, 2016.…
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Author: CAstfalk
Carolyn Astfalk is a wife, mother, and author of contemporary Catholic romances, including her latest, All in Good Time. She formerly worked as a communications director and now works just to keep her head above water. Find her books on Amazon and her other words scattered around the blogosphere and social media.
I don’t take time to read the Bible as often as I should. Thank God for a four-year-old who provides me with vivid lessons to accompany the verses and stories committed to memory simply from decades of Mass attendance.
My four-year-old daughter has been extremely articulate from a very young age, but that didn’t stop her from devolving into an inarticulate, whiny hot mess recently.
She simply wanted a peacock feather on lying out of her reach on the dining room table. (Don’t ask. I’m not certain where it came from or why it was there. Last I checked, we had no peacock.)
She groped, groaned, and moaned in frustration as she reached for the feather. It was easily within my reach. She simply needed to ask.
I needed the small successes this week. I look around me and see major, seemingly insurmountable tasks that take more time than I have available. It’s discouraging. These little successes remind me all hope is not lost.
- The financial stuff caught up. Ordinarily, I sync Quicken with our online accounts each weekday. With Christmas, I got a bit behind. Come January, I had dozens of transactions to categorize. A flurry of Amazon and PayPal purchases took hours to sift through, matching the amount with the product so that I could properly account for where our money had gone. And then there were the bills. It took a full morning, but everything is paid up and all accounts are balanced.
What makes a recruitment poster like the classic below effective? Personalism?
There’s no doubt that those steely eyes and that pointed figure are aimed at you.
And as easy as it is to dismiss God as a remote, disinterested overlord, His approach, too, is personalist.
He wants you (and me) as you are.
As you’ve been created.
Not an automaton.
Not as His minion.
As His cherished love.
4 Comments“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.” Jeremiah 1:5
Catholic365.com 10 Things I’ve Learned from 10+ Years of Sitting in the Front Pew (December 27, 2015) “The closer you are to the altar, the longer…
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Leave a CommentMy oldest son is about to enter the teenage years, and I’ve been giving more thought to what he’s reading. I read Young Adult (YA) books myself from time to time, but they are generally books that would appeal more to young women than to young men.
So, where to start in finding good books for your Catholic (or Christian) teen? Try the Facebook group Books for Catholic Teens.
Quirky Christmas Tree Ornament Edition
Our tree is filled with a mishmash of unrelated ornaments from different families, different eras, and different interests. Somehow they’ve all found a home with us.
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Chili Pepper Santa Claus
