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Biblical Lessons on Fasting

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Feb 25, 2024 | Knowing, Put Out Into the Deep | 0 |

Do you really want to supercharge your faith life? Follow the example of Jesus and the New...

Fasting and the Bible

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Mar 14, 2023 | Knowing, Put Out Into the Deep | 0 |

Do you really want to supercharge your faith life? Follow the example of Jesus and the New...

What Does the Bible Teach About Fasting?

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Mar 1, 2020 | Prayer / Spiritual Life, Put Out Into the Deep | 0 |

“Into the Wild” © by Jef Murray—(Click sketch for artist’s gallery.) Lent has...

What Does the Bible Teach About Fasting?

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Feb 24, 2019 | Prayer / Spiritual Life, Put Out Into the Deep | 0 |

Lent is fast approaching, so I thought we should revisit self-denial. Fasting and other forms of...

Is Tardiness a Vice?

by Joannie Watson | Jan 26, 2018 | Between the Sundays, Regular Feature | 0 |

I am trying to finish this post, well after my deadline, and just emailed Deacon Mike an apology about not having it finished yet. I am submitting a post about being late… late. The irony of this is not lost on me. There is an...

Does Life Feel Like a Chore?

by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. | Jul 8, 2017 | Sundays | 0 |

In Matthew’s gospel, Jesus makes the statement “my yoke is easy, my burden light.” For many of us...

Post-Lenten Snooze

by Joannie Watson | Apr 22, 2016 | Between the Sundays, Regular Feature | 0 |

Every other year or so, I give up my snooze button for Lent. Some years it goes well and some years I fail repeatedly. But every year, I abandon the good habit after Lent. That’s not how it’s supposed to be—whenever we...

Set Your Teen Up for a Life Of Virtue

by Thomas Clements | Mar 8, 2016 | Family, Regular Feature, Today's Catholic, Young Adults | 0 |

In the style of Dorothy Sayers, I write this post to help parents raise their teenagers to be...

My Number One Parenting Tip

by Colleen Duggan | Jul 21, 2015 | Media, Spotlight | 0 |

A friend of mine came to visit last week with her small army of young children. We chatted while I...

The Biblical Basis for the Catholic Practice of Fast and Abstinence

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Mar 9, 2014 | Prayer / Spiritual Life, Put Out Into the Deep | 0 |

Last week, I asked the question, “Are you looking for the secret to a better, deeper, more joyful life in Christ?” and responded by exploring the reasons for the Catholic practice of self-denial. We saw that...