019 A Mother’s Ministry of Presence
This past month, I started making some changes to how I approach my days. I used to jam-pack my schedule and rush from one thing to the next. Now, I'm bringing my planner to my prayer time, and I'm choosing my "Big 3" things that I hope to accomplish each day. Most...
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018 Book Buddies With Brenda Bahensky
If you had any doubts as to whether or not God has a sense of humor, listen to the story of how today's guest and I met. Today, Brenda and I talked all things books, and we got to do a little literary matchmaking. Some of Brenda's Childhood favorites: The Chronicles...
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017 Jane’s First Holy Communion
Jane received her First Holy Communion last Saturday, and she came on the podcast to share about her experience. Hooray for helpers! Jenny and Bekah, thank you for everything you did to help make Jane's First Holy Communion a peaceful, prayerful day! Question: How...
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016 How We Did Disney With Young Kids
This week's recap: Trip to the Escape Room with our GodTeens group Philip's presentation with the "In His Image" Father/Son Program Mother/Daughter Diocesan Program Big win of the week: Playing Paw Patrol UNO without tears Other favorite kid games: No Stress Chess...
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015 Evangelizing at the Dermatologist’s Office
After giving my weekly recap, I shared about my annual visit to the dermatologist's office. Our conversation about my hormonal acne treatment options led to a great discussion about NFP (specifically the Marquette Method) and how it works. Links/Resources Mentioned...
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014 Unequally Yoked With Wendy Clark
My weekly recap: General confession: awesome, emotional, healing. More details to come We took on Disney World during Holy Week/Easter. It was equally exhausting and amazing! How the donut debacle and my coming unhinged Easter Sunday morning gave me some beautiful...
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013 Starting a Kids’ Book Club
Today was a bit of a potpourri episode! I took some time strolling down memory lane to the day Philip and I met (Holy Saturday, 3/26/05) and the day our "baby" Dorothy was born (3/28/16). I had a few recommendations this week, too: New show - Somebody Feed Phil,...
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012 When A Child Has Special Needs With Mary Lenaburg
Mary's beautiful daughter, Courtney, had global developmental delays and lived for 22 years until she went on to her heavenly reward 3 years ago. In our conversation today, Mary and I focused on what Mary's life looked like as a mother to a child with profound...
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011 How We Sabbath
This week, Jane made an appearance to talk about her first confession and I shared how our family likes to sabbath lately. Links/Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Spiritual Inventory Chameleon (our new favorite game) - How to Play Video Episode 005: Family...
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010 Charisms With Angie Neumann
Marian Servants of Divine Providence in Clearwater, Florida Apostles of the Interior Life The Lanteri Center for Ignatian Spirituality in Denver, CO (Fr. Timothy Gallagher's order) Catherine of Siena Institute Called and Gifted Workshop The Way of Imperfection by...
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