Feb 12, 2019 | Blog, Book Review
In my preschool teaching days, I would search high and low for a book that grabbed my student’s attention and taught them something. If that same book stirred them to then go create or explore for themselves after we had closed the cover, well it quickly became...
Feb 6, 2019 | Blog, WorthRevisit
The Call to Adopt In 2006, my husband and I began to feel a nudge in our hearts to pursue adoption. Although I had two difficult pregnancies and suffered two pregnancy losses, our desire to adopt was not a matter of infertility. Instead, we saw this an opportunity to...Jan 23, 2019 | Blog, WorthRevisit
Although my parents promptly baptized me just one week after my birth, we weren’t a family that regularly practiced their faith. The memories of my family praying together or attending Mass are few. One of my most vivid Christmas memories comes from sitting at the...
Jan 16, 2019 | Blog, WorthRevisit
A Seeking Heart with Allison Gingras — Special Edition. The audio version of The Gift of Invitation’s chapter One reflection and question to ponder. The Gift of Invitation (Stay Connected Journals for Catholic Women/Gracewatch Media) is my new faith sharing book...
Nov 28, 2018 | Blog, WorthRevisit
When introducing the corporal and spiritual works of mercy in her book, Blessed Are You, author Melanie Rigney writes, “Both types can come free and easy … or hard and challenging” (Franciscan Media, 2016, p. 66). This immediately made me think of the healthy...