Family Stories
Diane M. Houdek
December 30, 2023
If we have celebrated the feast of the incarnation well, our lives will be changed.
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Diane M. Houdek
Diane M. Houdek is the former director of content at Franciscan Media. She is the author of Lent with St. Francis, Advent with St. Francis, and Simple Gifts: Daily Reflections for Advent.
God’s Wondrous Creation
Diane M. Houdek
December 29, 2023
Nature is a gift to be celebrated, not simply to be controlled and altered.
Flight into Egypt
Diane M. Houdek
December 28, 2023
In caring for today’s refugees we are caring for the least of God’s people
Light in the Darkness
Diane M. Houdek
December 27, 2023
Light can be a metaphor for holiness, for joy, for peace.
The Word in Our Time
Diane M. Houdek
November 11, 2023
Francis and Clare realized that to be faithful to Jesus, they needed to incarnate Jesus’s message in their time and place.
Peaceful Mind, Joyful Heart
Diane M. Houdek
July 3, 2023
Christian peace is a joyful peace, for Jesus is joyful; God is joyful.
Overcoming Life’s Messiness
Diane M. Houdek
June 30, 2023
We often think of the world of the Scriptures as some perfect holy world—a utopia far different from the messiness of our daily lives.