Celebrating Christmas
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Where did you sleep on Christmas Eve?
I was at home in my own bed, for only the second time since I’ve been married. And since the first time I was eight months pregnant with Blaise and the house was crowded with my parents and siblings, I’m counting Christmas 2011 as our first At Home Christmas. It was just our little family and it was lovely.
Bryan and I got married in 2002, and we’ve taken advantage... READ MORE
Carols for Christmas
Posted by Robyn Lee in Family on Friday, December 23, 2011
When I was growing up we had the tradition of waiting until Christmas Eve to put up our tree.
After the tree was decorated (and the tinsel was blown onto the tree ... one strand at a time), we would sing Christmas carols.
Every year we would use these old songbooks from the ‘70s that were distributed as an insert in the local paper.
The back of the songbook has a picture of a paperboy holding up... READ MORE
The Results of Your Prayers
Posted by DariaSockey in News on Monday, September 19, 2011
Introducing Harald Anthony Martin Mathie, my first grandchild. The one I asked prayers for just about two weeks ago when he was delivered at 28 weeks’ gestation.
Baby is doing very well. He’s been breathing on his own right from the start, and seems to resent the c-pap oxygen feed, frequently pulling it off as if to say, “I don’t need this thing!” It will probably be removed in another week or so,... READ MORE
Happy Mothers
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Family on Monday, September 12, 2011
“Motherhood is not my highest calling,” says blogger Elizabeth Esther.
That provocative headline got my attention, and so did the premise that misplaced idealism regarding motherhood is ruining it for everybody:
This incredible weight of expectation places an almost impossible burden on mothers and non-mothers alike.
When we artificially inflate the importance of motherhood, then average, everyday,... READ MORE
It's a Boy! And a Boy!
Posted by Danielle Bean in News on Thursday, May 12, 2011
I loved watching the #moshertwins hashtag on Twitter last night.
And I LOVED waking up this morning to find that Linus Michael and Ambrose John were born at 12:38 and 12:41 am today.
Babies are doing well and Mom is tweeting her joy. Congratulations to all the Moshers!
Rejoice!
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Faith on Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Our parish does First Communion on Easter. In his homily Sunday morning our pastor talked about why they do this: because they want to form a connection in the children’s minds and hearts between the Resurrection and the Eucharist.
He told a story of a little boy in the first communion class a few years ago who bounded up to him before Mass and shouted, “Father, Father! I can’t believe I get to receive... READ MORE
Resurrexit!
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Sunday, April 24, 2011
Seven Stanzas at Easter
Make no mistake: if He rose at all
it was as His body;
if the cells’ dissolution did not reverse, the molecules
reknit, the amino acids rekindle,
the Church will fall.
It was not as the flowers,
each soft Spring recurrent;
it was not as His Spirit in the mouths and fuddled
eyes of the eleven apostles;
it was as His flesh: ours.
The same hinged thumbs and toes,
the same valved... READ MORE
Fresh
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Tuesday, March 22, 2011
It’s spring!
Well, kind of. Here in our part of Michigan, we have highs in the 30s for the next week, and can expect at least one or two more snowfalls before the warmer season begins in earnest. Today I let the kids go outside to play and they wore heavy jackets, hats, and mittens.
But the winter’s snow accumulation has thawed. Tree branches sport tiny buds. The ground is getting softer, and with... READ MORE
Resolution Prayer
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Faith on Monday, January 03, 2011
I know it’s now 2011 and we’re looking forward, but does anyone care to join me in a little 2010 retrospective? I’ve got something neat to share, I promise!
Last January I made a one-word resolution: JOY. I felt that, in spite of the blessed circumstances of my life, I was failing to appreciate it properly and live joyfully day-to-day. In 2010 I wanted to change that.
Making a resolution like JOY,... READ MORE
The Most Real Thing Ever
Posted by Lynn Wehner in Faith on Friday, December 17, 2010
Our week following Gaudete Sunday — a week celebrating joy. Yet many people I love are suffering, trying to see through to the other side of their pain and experience even a glimpse of the joy that is intended to mark this third week of Advent. This quote in Magnificat this week has stayed with me:
“We are not asked to put our faith in words alone, but in all the signs that Jesus worked and works... READ MORE
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