This week my husband, Mark, and I registered our daughter, Maddie, for high school. She is 100 percent ready. I am not. Maybe it’s the thought of my baby girl growing up. Or maybe it’s the still lingering questions the process has left me with. You see, for the past year, Maddie has been dead set...
Did you catch the season premiere of The Biggest Loser this week? Trainer Jillian Michaels is back! Oh boy, is she back!
Jillian was downright brutal in her training, having no ounce of empathy toward any of the contestants. Whether they fell down on the treadmill, fainted, or threw up, she pressed them to...
One of the coolest parts of my job is that I get to talk to lots of interesting people. Yesterday I got to interview Dick and Martha Lyles for our American Catholic Radio program on discipleship. Dick and Martha were at our studios to record the audiobook version of their forthcoming book from Servant Books,...
I spent New Year’s Day watching the extended edition Lord of the Rings DVDs. January 3 is J.R.R. Tolkien’s birthday. For years now I’ve made it a personal tradition to reread Tolkien’s masterpiece during the first week of January—or at least to begin the journey: “In a hole...
At age 91, my grandfather sometimes has trouble hitting the right buttons on his remote control, which can lead to some interesting programming selections.
A few weeks ago, by way of shaky hands and faltering eyesight, he stumbled into EWTN.
This might qualify as a minor miracle.
Bill Scroggins grew up in...
Well, it’s Christmas Day, and I’m still a few presents short. My Christmas cards will be late, and I have made no cookies. But you know what? It’s OK. It’s OK because, in spite of all that, it’s still Christmas.
The past few weeks I’ve been listening to Christmas music to...
