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Last summer a friend challenged my Bible study group to read “The Hole in our Gospel” by Richard Stearns, president of World Vision. After reading the brief summary posted on the back of the book, “What does God expect of us? Is our faith about just going to Church, studying the Bible and avoiding the most [...]
July 27, 2010
1. I wish more people knew about Sirius XM station 117, the Catholic Channel, and especially the show called Word to Life. I happened upon it on Sunday (a replay) where several Dominican priests were discussing the universal readings for Sunday’s mass. (have I mentioned how much I like the idea of universal readings?). The [...]
July 21, 2010
As Chick B mentioned in a previous post – thanks to FOC, Susan M, I have a new strategy involving pantyhose ready to implement when I see the next baby tomato on the vine. Currently, there are just a bunch of yellow flowers. However, in the meantime, I have harvested a load of peppers [...]
July 17, 2010
In the northeast area of metropolitan Atlanta, Catholic teenagers are encountering Christ, the Word made flesh, and giving new meaning to the evangelical phrase ” praise and worship.” A weekend conference for teens called Steubenville Atlanta, made possible by Franciscan Youth Outreach and Life Teen national Catholic youth ministry, is filled with opportunities to hear [...]
July 16, 2010
Thanks to Friend of the Chicks (FOC) Susan M, Chick A can now come out of her funk and devastation to live another gardening day. Apparently dressing a green tomato with a section of panty hose allows the tomato to continue to grow while keeping away the squirrels and other pesky critters. Southern Catholic Chicks, [...]
July 9, 2010
During our annual Fourth of July celebration with Chick B and her family, she commented on my two beautiful tomatoes! Neither was ready for picking but one was turning red. I went out the next day for the daily watering to discover that the beautiful tomato had been stolen. There was not even a remnant left. [...]
July 6, 2010
I walked to mass this morning, and I don’t live “right around the block” from my parish church. Before anyone is too impressed, let me say that it was a kind of self-imposed penance after a lazy weekend of over-indulgence and indiscriminate eating. My thought was that a walk to church would do me some [...]
July 1, 2010
July 1, 2010. The race is on. I seem to be having a little more success with the tomatoes (the only thing I was willing to try) while Chick A is having great success with her jalapeno peppers (show off). After waking up in a cold sweat over the possibility that a squirrel might find my [...]
June 22, 2010
While traipsing around St. Joseph’s Benedictine Abbey searching for Walker Percy’s headstone with Chick B, I suddenly realized what a truly “southern catholic” moment I was having. For those of you who don’t know Walker Percy, here is a little bio info that may help explain why two Southern Catholic women would haul four kids 60 [...]
June 16, 2010
Looks like the green thumb garden duel could be a neck and neck race so far…..our tomatoes look about the same size, although I think a have more in number than Chick A (only because I started first). More later on the mint and jalapenos….. Here’s hoping that the squirrels don’t find my summer project! Chick B
July 29, 2010
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