• Weed season is here.  We’re barely into spring here in Sheboygan, and already a dang thistle has popped up in the middle of our fire pit. The thistles annoy me the most because the little jerks spread so quickly and are difficult to uproot with your bare hands. The guys who installed our fire pit […]

  • “Pray the rosary every day to obtain peace for the world and the end of the war.“ (First Apparition of Our Lady of Fatima – May 13, 1917)

  • There I was, sitting at the feet of the Holy Family. Seemingly by accident. It was a late October afternoon. I was trying to read some letters I’d received, which was becoming increasingly difficult in the darkening church. I lamented my situation when suddenly, a light switched on above this beautiful carved statue on the […]

  • “In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph.” -Our Lady of Fatima 1917

  • One morning, I was watching the birds gather around the feeder outside my studio.  As they gorged on the all-you-can-eat seed buffet, I reflected on the Bible verse about God providing for the birds. “Look at the birds in the sky; they do not sow or reap, they gather nothing into barns, yet your heavenly […]

  • “Make St. Joseph the patron of your family and you will soon have tangible proof of his protecting hand.” – St. Peter Julian Eymard

  • You are the God who works wonders. —Psalm 77:14 Wonder has been on my mind a lot lately. It bubbled up on a family trip to Florida as I pondered the millions of seashells piled on the beach. Wonder is one of the core traits children possess, and something I tried to capture in the […]

  • “If you find yourself with a cross, you find yourself with Jesus.” -Fr. Mike Schmitz

  • I’m a baby person. Whenever I see a baby or a toddler in public, I try to get them to smile or laugh. It’s my own little mission, and it can be quite challenging. I had a big win in an airport recently. I’d passed through security and was waiting on a bench for the […]

  • “Let those who think that the Church pays too much attention to Mary give heed to the fact that Our Blessed Lord Himself gave ten times as much of His life to her as He gave to His Apostles.” — Venerable Fulton J. Sheen