"Intensely compelling," was the sentence review from my husband - the active duty Soldier in our family. However, in today's post, I review the movie, "Indivisible," from the standpoint of a proud Army wife and mom, and a former clinician who has assisted with readjustment and reintegration.
Tag: Role Models
Mary, Theotokos and the New Year
In today's post, I dig a little deeper on my resolutions discussed a couple weeks back, and invite my followers to go "deeper" with me in 2018.
Upholding Womanhood: A Book Review of Super Girls and Halos
"Being able to recognize the history and the role women have played is something which must be focused-on and highlighted. Being able to point to heroines, both fictional and real, makes our examination much easier, as they show us a model of womanhood which we do not see typically emulated in our secular society today. Growing in justice, prudence, fortitude, and temperance can serve to strengthen each of us, if we can stay true to who God made us to be. And, through it all, we can begin to reclaim the "genius of women" from the detractors in the larger society around us." In today's post, I review the most recent book by Ms. Maria Morera Johnson, Super Girls and Halos. Please read more on how this book highlights some fantastic women - both fictional and saintly counterparts - and the lessons they hold for womanhood today.
Why I Believe in Mary’s Assumption… and Think You Should, Too!
Do you know the Apostles’ Creed? Do you routinely recite it? Have you ever stopped to consider the words – especially the part about the “resurrection of the body, and life everlasting”? Mary provides us with the shining example of that belief, put to fruition, through the dogma of her Assumption into Heaven upon her earthly death. Read more for a full explanation of why I think all Christians should believe this tenet of the Catholic Faith!
Father’s Day Musings in My Sunday Best
"The goal should not be to take the responsibility of fatherhood away from men, but instead, foster, nurture, and encourage the role from the beginning – ensuring boys know their worth and importance in society, just as much as we do girls!" My Sunday Best tackles the roles men should be encouraged to play in our society - as physical AND spiritual fathers!