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Marie Keiser
Jan 12, 20242 min read
Epiphany . . . What's the Big Deal?
When I was little, Epiphany was one of my favorite feasts. My parents had a beautiful nativity scene, of which the most exciting and...


Leslea Wahl
Dec 19, 20233 min read
An Unusual Writing Project and a Christmas Story
Have you ever heard of an Exquisite Corpse? I know that doesn’t sound very Christmasy, but CatholicTeenBooks has several Christmas-themed...


Marie Keiser
Dec 12, 20233 min read
Imagine Jesus Coming Over to Your House
The season of Advent has it hard. When Christmas lights—and Christmas presents—take over store displays the second Halloween is over, and...


Cynthia T. Toney
Dec 6, 20233 min read
Gift of Self
If someone baked me an Italian cream cake for Christmas, I would be pleased. If someone spent the time showing me how to bake one and...


Corinna Turner
Dec 18, 20223 min read
Time to Triage the Traditions?
Advent is supposed to be the season of expectation, Christmas the joyful fulfillment of that expectation, but too often it's Christmas...


Theresa Linden
Nov 30, 20222 min read
God Moment
A teenage girl is the first to know God has come into the world. He enters human history through her, at the moment of her fiat. “Let it...


Amanda Purcell Lauer
Nov 30, 20214 min read
The Importance of Family Traditions
In these modern times, life passes by at the speed of sound. Regardless of the myriad ways we have to communicate, people seem to be less...
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