religion

The Virgin Mary’s Diary: Kids Write the Cutest Things

I gave my kids a writing assignment: after listening to the Gospel account of when Mary learned she would be giving birth to Jesus, students were asked to complete a diary entry from Mary’s point of view. Here’s one particularly astute entry, shared (as always) with parental permission. Love it! Read more…

The Happiness Project: August (Contemplate the Heavens)

For the month of August, “The Happiness Project” author Gretchen Rubin tackled a pretty big project, which was to “Contemplate the Heavens”: I definitely consider myself a religious person. I’ve inherited a very strong faith and I value Catholic education, Mass and sacraments. This chapter of Rubin’s book was about more than religion, though. Her […] Read more…

Mommy and Her Girl on First Communion

I’m rarely wordless, but after a wonderfully full weekend this is all I have for you today: Have a fantastic week, everyone! P.S. Frannie was quite tickled that her First Communion photo drew one of the largest ever number of “Likes” on This Mom Loves’ Facebook page, as well as many comments. Thanks for that! Read more…

Wednesday Words From the Gospels

Wait! Don’t surf away/delete this e-mail just because you aren’t Catholic. Or Christian. Or a believer at all. Even if that is the case, I would be hard pressed to believe that there isn’t a single tidbit of advice, encouragement or support for you to glean from any of the quotes below. Give the words a chance […] Read more…

Books For Teaching Christian Kids About Hanukkah

While my students are Christian (most Catholic, as are my daughters) I see a great value in reading stories about Judaism (as well as other religions). I mean, we share a whole Old Testament of history and beliefs with the Jewish people, and it creates a great opportunity to teach about differences. The simple bottom line that […] Read more…

Sorry I’m Not “Just Spiritual”

As I began planning this post, I was just going to tell you about my latest Pandora bead purchase, and touch on how faith is so important to me and my family. As I got going, however, I decided that I wanted to share a little bit more about my thoughts on organized religion. I always find […] Read more…

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