THE CRACKED SPINE

The headlines screamed, Trump Is Turning the 2020 Election into an Abortion Referendum, and that's fine with us. Bring it on! Dennis and I have been in this war since 1971 when as young parents we operated a little extension office of the Washington State citizens organization, Voice for the Unborn, from our home in… Continue reading POPE and PRESIDENT: Raised Up

Conclave. Any Cardinal who aspires to being Pope will never be elected.  The humble ones, whose names are being bandied about as possibilities, lobby for the others who are being considered.  Being called to the Chair of Peter does not even enter the mind of the humblest of them. He is the one sitting, "in… Continue reading REFLECTIONS ON THE FRANCIS PAPACY: YEAR SIX

Lent is a journey. It takes us 40 days (not counting Sundays) to get from Ash Wednesday to Easter. It's the perfect time to begin journaling. Both of the words, 'journey' and 'journal' come from the Old French 'jurnee' and 'jurnal' which have their root in the Latin 'diurnalis', an adjective meaning, "pertaining to a… Continue reading My Lenten Journey Journal

It all started with a meme (a little pictorial message that's posted on social media created to elicit thought and discussion). Many of the initial reactions and comments to the original hat 'meme' were requests to purchase the hat. And, as they say, the rest is history. We contracted with a local Catholic manufacturer who… Continue reading NOW ABOUT THEM HATS

Washington State Senator Patty 'Babykiller' Murray (D), who claims to be Catholic, led the Democrat effort in defeating a Republican effort that would require lifesaving medical care be given babies born alive during an abortion just as would any 'wanted' child born at risk. This at a time when new polls indicate that over 80%… Continue reading BORN ALIVE, LEFT TO DIE