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Nothing to fear but the Ferris wheel

August 28, 2017
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

As I stood on the ground and watched them go up, I was suddenly scared. God has entrusted my husband and me with raising these two amazing children, and I just put them on a ride that would take them far up into the sky.

Praying for victims of Hurricane Harvey and finding inspiration in a priest in a kayak

August 27, 2017
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

What a frightening time for the people who are affected by the flooding from Hurricane Harvey in Texas. They are in desperate need of our prayers—prayers for those who are being rescued and those doing the rescues, along with prayers for many who are still waiting and hoping that they will be able to stay in their homes.

When cousins come to town, screen safety, the eclipse, shuffling, and a mini-reunion (7 Quick Takes)

August 25, 2017
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

My niece and nephew are spending the week with my parents, and with Daniel’s Gotcha Day, soccer practice, and other excitement, the week has been getting away from us without any solid cousin time. So yesterday I took our boys over to play.

Kicking off the soccer season (and looking for my rose-colored glasses)

August 23, 2017
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

As we prepared for our first practice of the year, I may not have been the most excited member of the family. Soccer is a great sport, but I’m just not a fan of extracurricular activities that throw our lives into a tailspin for months.

Celebrating Gotcha Day six years after meeting our baby boy

August 22, 2017
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

Having the opportunity to be this little boy’s mother is an amazing blessing. It’s also an astonishing gift for me, especially since I wasn’t sure I would ever be a mother—never mind a mother of two sons who were born on the other side of the world.

What’s blocking the Light?

August 22, 2017
By Father J. Collin Poston
Filed Under: Blog, Dust and Dewfall

What are the false gods that we are tempted to look upon, to hold on to and depend upon, that distract us from the gaze of Christ into our eyes, minds and hearts?

Hosting our first sleepover, holding onto summer, losing power, and an eclipse coincidence (7 Quick Takes)

August 18, 2017
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

How do you prepare to host your first sleepover? I made sure we had popcorn and chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream on hand.

The mysterious church on the edge of the world

August 17, 2017
By Bishop Robert Barron
Filed Under: Blog, Word on Fire

I have discovered now through direct experience, though I had certainly sensed it through photographs, that it is practically impossible to gaze at Mont Saint-Michel without falling into mystical reverie.

Stepping into the ocean and our beach vacation

August 17, 2017
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

The beach is a place full of wonder. The ocean is magnificent, powerful, and moving with a rhythm all its own.

Look, up in the sky, it’s an eclipse

August 16, 2017
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: Baltimore Boomer, Blog

Whatever happens, darkness at the break of 2:48 p.m. Aug. 21 is going to be another grand moment with creation.

‘The World Needs Heroes’

August 14, 2017
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Blog, Saints, The Narthex, Vocations, Young Adult Ministry, Youth Ministry

If we start sharing stories of heroic virtue and courage, we are bound to inspire religious vocations.

Reflecting on Charlottesville: Looking for light in the darkness

August 14, 2017
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window, Uncategorized

It forced me to recognize that racism is real, not just under hoods, but in so many large structural ways and in small daily encounters we take for granted. And I realized that I do not know how to respond to racism, even when I am confronted by it.

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