An art history lesson, fun with words, and why these 7 Quick Takes are a 12th birthday gift March 28, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Our younger son brought home this beautiful pastel drawing of a cityscape. I don’t know what the assignment was or whether it’s inspired by a famous artist. I just know I love it.
‘Unplanned’ isn’t fun to watch, but it’s necessary viewing March 28, 2019By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: Behind the Headlines, Blog, Commentary, Respect Life It’s an important movie that will challenge your thinking, even if you already consider yourself pro-life.
Listening for God on the feast of the Annunciation March 24, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window It was a quiet day in Galilee when the archangel Gabriel arrived at Mary’s home. Imagine what it must have been like in that moment.
Finding your Lenten rhythm, Irish soda bread, Peeps, and Maryland Day festivities (7 Quick Takes) March 22, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Here we are in the heart of Lent. We’re far enough into Lent that maybe I should be feeling my spiritual rhythm.
The day we met Brooks Robinson March 21, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window It was kind of a crazy idea.
A new lesson from St. Joseph March 19, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window It turns the whole story on its head for me.
A simple St. Patrick’s Day appetizer: Shamrock-shaped tortilla chips March 17, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Every Sunday my fellow small group leader and I bring a snack for our second graders to enjoy in our Sunday School class. Because it was St. Patrick’s Day, I thought we might make the snack a little more fun than usual.
Fortune cookies, Shamrock Shakes, muskrat dinners, zoo charades, and more (7 Quick Takes) March 15, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Don’t you just love fortune cookies? You get a cookie that has a little note just for you inside.
Remembering an Irish priest March 11, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window When I think of growing up in St. Pius X parish in Rodgers Forge, I think of Msgr. Baumgartner.
Thoughts as Lent begins, our final-final Chinese New Year celebration, Pancake Tuesday, and ballroom dancing (7 Quick Takes) March 7, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Lent, Open Window We really love Ash Wednesday, don’t we? I love how it’s not even a holy day of obligation, and yet churches fill with people who want to receive ashes. There’s something about that mark of humility and repentance that feels so right.
What Jesus hopes for you this Lent March 3, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Lent, Open Window Lent isn’t a test we will pass or fail. It’s an opportunity. It’s an invitation.
A basket of intentions for Lent, spelling words, jumbo playing cards, a Cinderella story, and more (7 Quick Takes) March 1, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Lent, Open Window Every Lent we fill a basket with slips of paper with the names of people we know—living and deceased. We pull one out every morning and pray for that person that day. It’s a simple concept, but it works well for our family.
