John asks:First question: Where does my new name go? I am John Justin-Martyr Charles Wright? Or does it go after my middle name: John Charles Justin-Martyr Wright? Do I use the whole saint’s name (Justin Martyr) or only his Christian name (Justin)? Mark Shea replies: In answer to your questions: Your birth name has been erased…
As we were having our first post-Lent coffee after church, Juss summed up, with a slight expression of distain, what he had learned of Easter (apparently in Sunday School): “Nothing happened. Jesus escaped.”
SF SIgnal has an entry about whether or not Young Adult books are currently too graphic. As you might imagine nearly everyone who responded cheered the current standard. This was my post:—————————————————————————————————- My first response is that I suspect that most of the people responding have no idea what the YA field is like today. Comments…
Last Friday was the Cub Scout Blue and Gold Banquet where, among other things, prizes were handed out for the recent Pinewood Derby races. Orville, with craftsman from Uncle Bill, entered a delightful car. I made the mistake of telling him that it would probably win most original. Well, when we got to the races,…
“Mommy, where’s the North Book?” Juss now asks several times a day, by which he means The D’aulaires’ Book of Norse Myths, which has been a favorite of both John’s and mine since childhood. John and I love myths, but earlier attempts to share them with the kids had not gone over somehow. So, yesterday, I…
My church has a Wednesday Night Testimony meeting, where people give testimonies of healing through prayer. I heard this story at one of these meetings. Makes me have sympathy for John who says that he attends the meeting because it’s the only way to know what happened in his household that week. I have…
Some of you may remember the six-year old who hid behind a column and prayed for the fat lady at the circus. This was not my mom’s only encounter with the healing power of ‘Thy will be done’ at the age of six. On another occasion her family was traveling on the subway.…
Sunday night, we watched the movie Sky High with the children. Monday morning, Juss came wandering into the kitchen while I was making breakfast, carrying a wooden footstool over his shoulder. Hefting the stool into the air with one arm, he announced: “Look! I have super strength!” Then, yesterday afternoon, I took Orville and the…
Yesterday, for Valentine’s Day, in addition to taking me purse shopping – a painful process because my current purse is perfect, except for the so old it’s falling apart part, but we found something that may work just fine – John took me to see The Spiderwick Chronicles movie. We both enjoyed the movie immensely.…
Project Lifesaver is sponsoring some golf tournaments in the Northern Virginia area. Project Lifesaver is the foundation that supports the band the Cherubim wears on his ankle, which makes it so that if he gets lost, the police can find him. So, as you imagine, I really think this is a good cause. (Don’t play…