Oct 18, 2017 | Articles, Faith
Losing a child – through miscarriage or anywhere else along the journey to heaven, is perhaps the most painful experience a parent will go through. Death of course is unnatural, and unintended in the creation of man. Still, the heart breaks – it shatters,...
Oct 4, 2017 | Articles, Faith
As the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary fast approaches, I am so thankful for all the many women surrounding me, who reflect the beautiful virtues of Our Lady. For my own mother, friends, and fellow writers – who hold close to the mother of Jesus, despite the...
Sep 11, 2017 | Articles, Faith
The story of how Joey Stazzone came to be a licensed coffee grader (roughly 3,000 worldwide), and owner of Cafe Kreyol, which he founded, is an unlikely one. By age 12, Joey was using marijuana, painkillers and developed an addiction to opiates. By the time he...
Aug 23, 2017 | Articles, Faith
I am a rock. I am an island. Except that I’m not! The popular Paul Simon lyrics spoke truth to many hearts who had shut out love, and with it the chance for heartbreak. But what about when those walls of our fortress – deep and mighty, are real? How many...
Jul 31, 2017 | Articles, Faith
Perhaps the last thing you expected to hear from one of the five main stages of Scythian’s Shenandoah Valley annual roots music festival, were the Divine Praises. It was the morning of the canonization of beloved Mother Teresa of Calcutta, and weary...
Jul 21, 2017 | Articles, Faith
Finding Christ in the Darkness As a guest on the WGTS Breakaway show, Kevin Krueger and I explore the NEW BOOK I wrote with and about Charles Piccirilli, and how Christ can find us in the darkness. The truth is that after death, Christ descended into hell! I can only...