All Posts by From the Heart

It’s been a year. That is a loaded statement. For me, today, it takes on a different meaning. It’s been a year since the beginning of the Emmaus Institute for Ministry Formation. Last year at this time, I remember it being a beautiful, sunny day in Collegeville. I was running around like a chicken with […]

It has been a difficult time. A pandemic. Violence in our streets and communities. Unemployment. A struggling economy. Restrictions on how we gather and worship. This is a great time of uncertainty and so must we continue to turn to our God who loves us. Today we pray: We pray for all those in education […]

God never ceases to amaze me. He continually gives me signs to put my heart at peace and a smile on my face. Let me explain!   Mother Teresa has been my favorite saint for as long as I can remember. I own movies and books about her life, went on a mission trip to […]

My daughters and I have lately been participating with some family friends in a virtual book study of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe put together by the ladies at Abiding Together (abidingtogetherpodcast.com). The study leaders bring out a perennially striking quote from Mr. Beaver in chapter eight; the children find out that Aslan […]

Some people like to choose a “word” of the month/season/year for themselves. That’s never really appealed to me —maybe it’s not my style, maybe I’ve got vestiges of resistance to being categorized (which picking a word has tended to remind me of), or maybe I’m just too indecisive to settle on something thematic. However, this […]

It often happens when I am forced to spend much time alone that I wander through my memories. That great file cabinet of remembrances about times past; childhood, times as a young adult and life as a wife and mother, friends, and good times and those not so. But more often than those wanderings through […]

Behind the mask there is a recent high school senior who is excited to be packing and moving to college, but apprehensive because college has limited visitors and has cut out the breaks and long weekends, encouraging students not to go home. Behind the mask there is a soon-to-be bride not excited that her family […]

When I think about the title of my blog series, “Telling Our Story in the 21st Century”, I have a pretty broad image of what the word ‘Story’ could mean. It’s an intangible notion that, to me, cannot be defined definitively in one sitting. Today I just want to focus on one aspect. ‘Story’ is […]

What if there was something you could do that helped lower your blood pressure, manage worries and stress, and could help keep your brain sharp? You probably have all the equipment you need right at home, and you won’t even break a sweat doing it. Too good to be true? Most of us probably read […]

As this pandemic has continued on, and I continue working from home, I noticed I was restless, like something was missing. I could not place what it was. One day I finally had to go into the office to get mail, make some copies, pick up packages, etc. and I figured it out. I drive […]