by Leslie Sholly | Aug 30, 2018 | Catholicism, Deep Thoughts
Hope is one of the great theological virtues, one of the three things that last. Its opposite is despair, which I have often heard referred to as the one unforgivable sin. The temptation to despair is great right now. Every day brings some new reprehensible...
by Leslie Sholly | Jul 31, 2018 | Catholicism, Deep Thoughts, Everyday Ediths, marriage
Read the title. Can you hear George Michael (RIP) singing? Is the song stuck in your head now? Because it’s been stuck in mine for the past couple of days as I contemplated this month’s theme! I’m not sure what George Michael intended to convey in the song, but it...
by Leslie Sholly | Apr 24, 2018 | Catholicism, Deep Thoughts, Everyday Ediths
Before the last couple of years, worry and anxiety were never challenges for me. I have the kind of mind that just doesn’t hold on the those kinds of things. Unlike my husband, who is consumed with worry pretty much all the time, making him miserable, I have always...
by Leslie Sholly | Mar 29, 2018 | Catholicism, Deep Thoughts, Everyday Ediths, Lent
Maybe the problem is that I have always enjoyed Lent just a little too much. I’ve actually looked forward to it with excitement, thought of it as a challenge, taken on some serious disciplines and stuck to them. But it was last year at this time that I realized that...
by Leslie Sholly | Mar 8, 2018 | books, Catholicism, review, Uncategorized
Eve. The first woman. The mother of all the living. Adam’s companion. What do you think of when I say her name? How do you picture her? Are your thoughts positive–or negative? When I was offered a copy of this book by a representative of Franciscan...