As grateful as I am for the health and well being of my family, as thankful as I am for the abundant blessings of my life, I know I have more to do. More to pray about. More to love.
Valerie Schultz
Valerie Schultz is a freelance writer, a columnist for The Bakersfield Californian and the author of Till the Moon Be No More: The Grit and Grace of Growing Older. She lives on the Oregon Coast.
Posted inFaith in Focus
Good Fruit: A parolee readies for life beyond prison.
The thing I remember best about Louie is that he said he hadn’t had a peach in 30 years. Louie (not his real name) was a lifer; he was in his 50s and had been in prison for over three decades. On the day he told me this, as he was hanging out in the library where I work, a couple of landscape
Posted inSynod on the Family
Synod Fathers to Christian Families: Try a Little Tenderness
The synod calls us to consider the vocation of the Christian family
Posted inIn All Things
Humble Pie à La Mode
When you go hiking up a mountain with your fit husband and fit daughter and find that between the altitude and the steep grade you can rsquo t keep up with them even though it rsquo s a hike you rsquo ve done before you eat a little humble pie Then when your boot slips on some rocks on the way
Posted inIn All Things
Love, even tough love, does not condone any kind of violence.
Viral video shows a mother attacking her teenage son
Posted inIn All Things
The ‘Mysterious Fruitfulness’ of Parenting the Prodigal
Pope Francis in his two years as pontiff has often urged people of faith to be better people of faith To walk the talk To get with the program To do as Jesus would do His example inspires us just as his writings enlighten us The pope reminds us that God calls us to love no matter what He e
Posted inIn All Things
The Charity of Christmas
During the holiday season, there is a spirit of giving in the air that transcends belief.
Posted inIn All Things
The Boyhood of Jesus
Each Advent Christians reminisce about the humble yet earth-shaking birth of Christ.
Posted inIn All Things
Thanksgiving in Five Acts
Through life’s many stages, a day to overflow with gratitude for the many blessings from the hand of a loving God.
Posted inSynod on the Family
Family Portraits: Discussion starters for the upcoming synod
Editor’s Note. “Families,” Pope Francis noted in a homily on Sept. 14, “are the first place in which we are formed as persons and, at the same time, the ‘bricks’ for the building up of society.” In preparation for the launch of the Synod of Bishops on the Fa