For Boston-area friends, I hope you will accept my invitation to join me on Saturday afternoon, November 15 from 2 pm to 3:30 at the Pauline Book and Media Center in Dedham for an afternoon celebration of “The Grace of Yes: Eight Virtues for Generous Living”. This will be a “meet and greet”, a chance for you to learn about my new book, but also a great way to get your early Christmas shopping done at the Daughters of St.... Read more
I’ve been thinking a lot this week about the diversity of our Church, about how her different people make up an amazing part of her complexity and her beauty. This week, I’ve found myself chatting with a young former marine turned security guard in Alabama, a front desk clerk at a Manhattan boutique hotel and an African cab driver in New Jersey. Diverse in their ideas and politics, the one thing that they had in common was that they all... Read more
Without me even having time to tell you about all of the amazing happenings yesterday at EWTN, my whirlwind book tour has me in New York City. Tonight at 8 pm Eastern, I will be live in studio with Father Dave Dwyer and the crew of the Busted Halo Show for a conversation about The Grace of Yes. Having interviewed with Father Dave in the past and knowing his awesome personality, I can’t wait! To prepare for this special opportunity,... Read more
It’s hard to believe that we’re only a few days beyond the one year anniversary of Typhoon Haiyan and that the news from the Philippines brings many stories of recovery and rebuilding. This stunning photo from our friends at Catholic Relief Services paints a vivid image: It hardly seems possible that so much cleanup and rebuilding could be done in such a timely fashion. But as this page on the CRS website details, despite much progress this is ongoing need... Read more
If you’re a Catholic who loves reading Catholic books, you really need to run over to Pete Socks’ blog, The Catholic Book Blogger, here at Patheos and enter the contest he is running. Pete calls it the “CBB Mega Advent Giveaway”. Mega is right–one lucky winner will win 51 books!! Even more importantly, I want to encourage you to support Pete and The Catholic Book Blogger Phase 3 Fundraising Campaign at GoFundMe. “Why?” you may be asking… “Don’t you bloggers... Read more
It’s “launch week” for my brand new book The Grace of Yes: Eight Virtues for Generous Living. To celebrate, we are paying tribute to seven very special examples of “The Grace of Yes in Action”, the seven winners for our “Name the Goldfish” contest. I will be making a personal donation to these organizations and invite you to keep them in your prayers as well. Please help me share the good news about each of these seven organizations by sharing them... Read more
It’s “launch week” for my brand new book The Grace of Yes: Eight Virtues for Generous Living. To celebrate, we are paying tribute to seven very special examples of “The Grace of Yes in Action”, the seven winners for our “Name the Goldfish” contest. I will be making a personal donation to these organizations and invite you to keep them in your prayers as well. Please help me share the good news about each of these seven organizations by sharing them... Read more
I wanted to share this great video interview with one of my favorite role models in the New Evangelization, Fr. Robert Reed. This interview was conducted by KNXT television, here in my own Diocese of Fresno. This is also an excellent opportunity to remind you to check out Fr. Reed’s fabulous new book Renewed: Ten Ways to Rediscover the Saints, Embrace Your Gifts, and Revive Your Catholic Faith. Video link Read more
I’m very appreciative to my friends at SQPN for the chance to appear on today’s episode of “Catholic Weekend“, one of the flagship shows on my favorite podcasting network. I spent the morning with Capt. Jeff, Maria, Steve and Father Cory to share about The Grace of Yes. The show is available in audio or video format here. Do yourself a favor and subscribe to Catholic Weekend here. Youtube link Read more
I was so excited to see this press release today about the amazing Jennifer Fulwiler’s lovely book “Something Other Than God: How I Passionately Sought Happiness and Accidently Found It”. Let’s all click through and vote for her book to take home this award! And if by some chance you haven’t yet discovered this book, give yourself a gift and check it out! SAN FRANCISCO, November 6, 2014 – The breakout memoir, SOMETHING OTHER THAN GOD: How I Passionately Sought Happiness and Accidently... Read more
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