Faith and Family

Faith and Family for November 29: First Sunday of Advent

This week we begin our journey into the season of Advent. In the Gospel, Jesus tells the disciples to be alert for they know not when the Lord will come.

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'I See You'

Anyone who knows me knows that when it comes to gift-giving I have two rules, the most important of which is this: no gift cards. My second rule has to do with what I see as the redundancy of getting ...
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The Comfort of Predictability

If there is anything I have learned as a parent, it is that the only thing you can be certain about is that your life with your kids will be filled with uncertainty.
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Faith and Family for November 22: Judgment of the Nations

When the Son of Man comes, this week's Gospel tells us, the nations will be separated based on what they did to help those in need.
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Faith and Family for November 15: Parable of Talents

This week's Gospel reading is about the parable of the talents, in which the servant who buried his talent is admonished, while the one who shared his is praised.
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Faith and Family for November 8: Parable of the Ten Virgins

This week's Gospel story recounts Jesus telling the disciples that the Kingdom of Heaven is like 10 virgins going out to meet their bridegrooms.
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Why Journal?

Author Terry Hershey talks about the benefits of putting pen, crayon, marker, or any other writing instrument to paper and capturing what we're going through at that moment.
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