St. Gianna Molla … Inspiration for “Working Moms”

My friend Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur asked me to help spread the word about a new video entitled “St. Gianna Beretta Molla: A Modern-Day Hero of Divine Love,” recently released and now available on Amazon.  St. Gianna Beretta Molla (1922-1962), herself a doctor, made the courageous choice to give birth to her child — against medical advice.  What I [...]

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Prayer Warrior … ing

This week at Mass we read what has become one of my favorite “prayer stories.”  It might seem a little obscure at first, but as I listened to the story, I got a flash of insight over a situation that has been bugging me for some time now.  So bear with me, and maybe it will [...]

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“God in America”: A Reflection

Last week Craig and I watched “God in America,” the PBS special co-produced by Frontline and “American Experience, which traces the ongoing effects of religion (specifically Evangelical Christianity) on American cultural and political life. I was amazed and gratified to find that this ambitious undertaking, though not without some omissions, gave a fairly even-handed treatment to what by [...]

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When Choices Spiral out of Control

These past few months I’ve been working with a local family, trying to help them gain some control of their lives. One member, “Dan,” is a 21 year old male, has a daughter and a record. But he is also working toward his GED and had a job interview this week … until he missed a meeting with [...]

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Where has Heidi been?

Hello!  Did you think I’d gone away?  It’s been almost a month since the last time I posted, which as you probably know is not the best thing for a blogger to do. Tends to diminish traffic considerably. However (and I suspect many moms can relate to this), there are times when life kind of [...]

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