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Holy Week Highlights 2008

by Filed Under: Easter, Family Fun, Living Liturgically, Minnesota Me, Special Events 16 Comments

From the Sacred Triduum to the Triumph of the CrossHappy Easter! I love that on this blog I will be able to exclaim “Happy Easter” for the next 50 days, and no one will give me—or rather, their computer—a funny look. Happy Easter! Happy Easter!Here are some of the highlights from the past few days. A warning to those of you in a southern clime: it … [Read more...]

Amendment

by Filed Under: Lent, Minnesota Me, Spiritual Growth 23 Comments

Often the lofty plans we have for our sanctification are not at all what God ordains. We think we know how best to serve Him, and then He tells us, “No, that’s not it.”And so it has been with my Holy Week. My plans were to attend (with all five children) every service that my church offered. Last night, however, I fudged a bit. I left the two … [Read more...]

Criminally Literate

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Motherhood, My Boys 15 Comments

There’s a stranger in my home and he unnerves me. I think it may be my son but I can’t be sure, as his features are always completely concealed behind some book. The bits of hair poking up look quite familiar and that is somewhat reassuring….but still.He could be a tufted owl for all I know.He could be a felon.Whoever or whatever he is, his … [Read more...]

Odds and Ends Tuesday (The Holy Week Edition)

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, odds and ends 4 Comments

A New Blog on the BlockJamie has long been one of my dearest, sweetest commenters, and now she has a brand new blog! Her innocence and love radiate through every post on Lord, Make Me a Saint, but don’t let that fool you. As the title of her blog affirms, she takes her faith most seriously. (And hey, she’s from Minnesota. What better qualification … [Read more...]

Slowing Down

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Motherhood, Spiritual Growth Leave a Comment

First of all, an apology to any of you who may have stopped by today looking for the next installment of my conversion story. Life has intervened this past week in surprising, sometimes wonderful ways and I was not able to finish it. Part III is three-quarters of the way finished and should be done by…I don’t know when.And I need to be okay with … [Read more...]

On the List Today

by Filed Under: Food and Drink, Hearth & Home, Minnesota Me 28 Comments

We have a depressingly long list of errands to run this morning—dentist at 9:00, doctor at 10:00, piano at 11:00. Bleh! Lately we are not home schoolers but rather, back-of-the-van paperback bookers.Fortunately, there is a light at the end of the morning’s tunnel in the form of this store—one of my favorite little shops, truly—where I will be … [Read more...]