Catholic – Ellen Kolb

“Thérèse: Saint of a Little Way”

My discovery of Frances Parkinson Keyes’s Thérèse: Saint of a Little Way was providential. This warm and affectionate account of the life of Thérèse of Lisieux brought the saint to life for me as no account has done before. This true story is written with a novelist’s sense of drama and an historian’s eye forContinue reading ““Thérèse: Saint of a Little Way””

Shoulder season: Holy Week

I’m looking out a window with a view of the tallest mountains in my state. A few days ago, more than two feet of snow fell in this area. Today, you’d never know it. Yesterday brought 50-degree weather, with more of the same expected today. As a result, the mountain is not so much snow-cappedContinue reading “Shoulder season: Holy Week”

Open Book: a father-daughter devotional

I don’t know who invited Lent to the party so early, but here it comes – on Valentine’s Day, no less. I’ve found a short devotional book with which to enter the season: There You Are, God by the father-daughter team of Deacon Steve Lumbert and Karina Fabian. I know Karina from her work with CatholicContinue reading “Open Book: a father-daughter devotional”