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Sharing the Journey

Start reading as many books as you can and get your reading endorsement as soon as possible was the advice that my future English Language Arts cooperating teacher told me the spring before I officially began my program to become a secondary teacher. And, I took her advice. I began reading books for adolescents. In […]

Reviews

December 1, 2022

The Betrayed (Book Reflection)

Inspired by the opening pages of At the Center of the Human Drama: The Philosophical Anthropology of Karol Wojtyła/Pope John Paul II by Kenneth Schmitz, I have been reflecting on the purpose of Beauty of Becoming. I began this website because I had dreams of creating courses to support Catholics with more actively and intentionally […]

Prayer & Growth

December 1, 2022

Beauty of Becoming – Taking Shape

This is the final episode of a 9 part series in which I read a chapter an episode from a book in draft that I wrote in 2017-18 focusing on the willingness to step forward in faith based on increasing trust in God. The book is titled Do the Next Thing: Stepping Forward in Faith and this […]

Career & Service, Marriage & Motherhood, podcast, Prayer & Growth

November 25, 2022

Episode 37: Do The Next Thing Chapter 9

This is episode 8 in a series of 9 episodes in which I read a chapter an episode from a book in draft that I wrote in 2017-18 focusing on the willingness to step forward in faith based on increasing trust in God. The book is titled Do the Next Thing: Stepping Forward in Faith  and this […]

Career & Service, Marriage & Motherhood, Prayer & Growth

November 18, 2022

Episode 36: Do the Next Thing Chapter 8

“Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth.” -St. John Paul II* On my 42nd baptismal anniversary next spring, I am scheduled to begin the CPMAP Certification through the Catholic Psych Institute. As a lover of learning, anticipation builds anytime I am preparing to begin […]

Prayer & Growth, Reviews

November 16, 2022

The Personalism of John Paul II (Book Reflection)

This is episode 7 in a series of 9 episodes in which I read a chapter an episode from a book in draft that I wrote in 2017-18 focusing on the willingness to step forward in faith based on increasing trust in God. The book is titled Do the Next Thing: Stepping Forward in Faith  and this […]

Career & Service, Marriage & Motherhood, podcast, Prayer & Growth

November 11, 2022

Episode 35: Do The Next Thing Chapter 7

This is episode 6 in a series of 9 episodes in which I read a chapter an episode from a book in draft that I wrote in 2017-18 focusing on the willingness to step forward in faith based on increasing trust in God. The book is titled Do the Next Thing: Stepping Forward in Faith  and this […]

Career & Service, Marriage & Motherhood, podcast, Prayer & Growth

October 28, 2022

Episode 34: Do the Next Thing Chapter 6

This is episode 5 in a series of 9 episodes in which I read a chapter an episode from a book in draft that I wrote in 2017-18 focusing on the willingness to step forward in faith based on increasing trust in God. The book is titled Do the Next Thing: Stepping Forward in Faith  and this […]

Career & Service, Marriage & Motherhood, podcast, Prayer & Growth

October 21, 2022

Episode 33: Do the Next Thing Chapter 5

This is episode 4 in a series of 9 episodes in which I read a chapter an episode from a book in draft that I wrote in 2017-18 focusing on the willingness to step forward in faith based on increasing trust in God. The book is titled Do the Next Thing: Stepping Forward in Faith  and this […]

Career & Service, Marriage & Motherhood, podcast, Prayer & Growth

October 14, 2022

Episode 32: Do the Next Thing Chapter 4

In this brief First Friday episode, I talk about how revisiting childhood play has been showing up in my life recently as I have focused on play as my word for the liturgical year. I consider implications that I can learn about myself through the act of revisiting moments of childhood play. I also mention […]

Career & Service, Marriage & Motherhood, podcast, Prayer & Growth

October 7, 2022

Episode 31: Revisiting Childhood Play (A First Friday Episode)

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