by Claire Dwyer | Aug 13, 2018 | Catholic Church, parenthood, The Sacred Everyday
We pulled up to my childhood home in the middle of the night, the Wisconsin green shrouded in darkness. I immediately sensed all the summers of my childhood in the dim stillness as the screen door squeaked shut behind us. Whispering, I led five of my...
by Claire Dwyer | Jan 25, 2018 | Everyday Holiness, parenthood, scripture, The Sacred Everyday
Liturgically, we’re taking a brief breath in ordinary time. We’ve lived the long wait of Advent, and Christmas has been celebrated and it’s trappings stored away – nativity sets snuggled in attic alcoves and ornaments stacked in garage bins. I’m still polishing...
by Claire Dwyer | Oct 27, 2017 | Everyday Holiness, parenthood
The slick website invited me to take a productivity assessment. This should be interesting, I thought, scanning the piles of papers, laundry and dishes stacked around me. Let’s see how productive I am. Ten minutes later, I had my answer. Turns out I’m “not quite a...
by Claire Dwyer | Jul 29, 2017 | Everyday Holiness, prayer, Saints, scripture
I am a Mary at heart, a Martha by trade. Today’s feast of St. Martha has me thinking of both of them and the tug within each of us: the longing for intimacy with God and the pressing needs of life. I don’t need to repeat the story of the two sisters. It...
by Claire Dwyer | Jul 22, 2017 | parenthood, prayer, silence
I ran into a friend recently, another mom with lots of littles, at an indoor trampoline park. It was a sizzling summer day in Phoenix and we’d both reluctantly shelled out too much money for a few hours of much-needed activity for the kids. The place was loud....
