Little Women is having a bit of a moment.
Haley Stewart
Haley Stewart is a beekeeper’s wife, mother of four, speaker and author of The Grace of Enough: Pursuing Less and Living More in a Throwaway Culture. She blogs at Carrots for Michaelmas and co-hosts the Fountains of Carrots Podcast.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: How to be holy (hint: You can’t do it on your own)
Colleen Carroll Campbell’s new book is full of insight into what motivates us to attempt to reach holiness through our own strength and how this obsession holds us back from spiritual progress.
Posted inFaith, Interviews
She prayed to Fulton Sheen and her baby was saved. Meet Bonnie Engstrom.
The Engstrom family asked for the intercession of Archbishop Fulton Sheen for their son’s life and for the complete healing of any damage to James’s body, and the answer to their prayers was recently approved as a miracle by Pope Francis.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
What not to do during Mother’s Day Mass
Mother’s Day is already difficult for women who long to be moms or have lost children in miscarriage, stillbirth or the death of a child after birth. And these women do not make up a small percentage of the women in the pews.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
New Year’s Resolution failed? Take Pope Francis’ advice and try ‘wasting time’ instead.
Are we tired of working in a system of mere productivity and efficiency that fails to acknowledge our humanity and that of others?
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Review: New ‘Little Women’ adaptation is the same old tale, poorly told
While readers have found these characters relatable and inspiring since Little Women’s publication, the modern March family vacillates between forgettable and unlikeable.
Posted inArts & Culture, Dispatches
Laura Ingalls Wilder is my hero, but her books tell a painful American story
There are many things about Laura Ingalls Wilder that make her a personal hero of mine; but that does not mean I can ignore the racism in her books.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Review: “Little Women” revitalizes a classic for a new generation
The journey of growing in virtue need be neither boring nor sentimental, but ever fresh and unexpected.
Posted inPolitics & Society
I’m unapologetically pro-life, and I’m ashamed that Trump spoke at the March for Life
The primary problem is not with Mr. Trump’s past sins, it is that the policies he currently supports are inconsistent with his claim in his address today that “every life is sacred.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
‘The Crown’ is back and the British monarchy has never looked more attractive.
The final episode of Season 1 left Queen Elizabeth very much alone and feeling the weight of her crown. What can we expect from Season 2?