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The Domestic Church

Trusting author of our life stories

August 22, 2017
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church

We have to accept that even with the suffering and challenges life can bring, God is writing a more wonderful story than we could imagine.

Conversation and a cup of tea

July 3, 2017
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church

When I mention my sister’s baby girl, her eyes light up with pleasure. A few minutes later when she asks about my sister, she is surprised – and ecstatic – to hear that she has a baby.

Here comes the bridesmaid

June 7, 2017
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church

God doesn’t care whether we’re immaculately dressed in fancy clothes or wearing an old bathrobe with sausage grease on the sleeve.

Going fishing

May 24, 2017
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church

What do I do to inspire others to become fishers of men? Do I ever convey that joy, that excitement, in being a follower of Christ that someone would stop to ask me about Jesus?

Call to compassion

April 19, 2017
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church

Yes, we encounter pain and suffering on earth, but we walk with one another, and God is with us every step along the way.

When I am not enough

September 19, 2016
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church

“We are to become vessels of God’s compassionate love for others,” St. Clare of Assisi said.

My father’s cookies

June 22, 2016
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church

How extraordinary is a father’s love, especially that of God the Father, who has faith that we will continue to try to become the best version of ourselves, that we will fail but we will also achieve, and that one day we will be with him in heaven.

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