The Sacred Sink

Happy Easter friends. God’s blessings and joy to you, I hope your celebration was happy and full of God’s warmth and grace! There’s a peace I’ve come to know though my heart and flesh may fail There’s an anchor for my soul I can say “it is well” Jesus has overcome And the grave is … Read more

Happy Palm Sunday to you! It’s Palm Sunday–put on the garment of praise! Hosanna! The Lord reigns, King over all…and King of our lives. He alone is worthy of all worship and praise–and that we do, today and every day. Worship Him, crown Him Lord of your life, wear that garment of praise with joy–He … Read more

A big week here indeed!   Our oldest son Gabriel is officially a Boy Scout.   Five years of Cub Scouts, awards, camping trips, Soapbox Derby’s and service projects culminated in this rite of passage as he “crossed over” to the rank of Boy Scout.   Here is the proud boy (in the middle): We … Read more

Two weeks from today we will celebrate Easter (already)!   I’m always amazed by how the time gets away from me, so Jim and I actually had a date night to do some Easter basket shopping to try and avoid our usual,  last-minute scramble.   We purchased a few small items, and ordered some books … Read more

As I write this, we are on our second week of temperatures above 60-degrees here in Ohio (almost 80 today in fact)!   Trees are budding, birds are singing, and life. is. good.   The usual after-school snack (grabbing a handful of chips) was replaced by this springy, fruity number: Karolina has been sporting a beautiful … Read more

First off, Happy Birthday to my dad!   What a year.   Last year on his birthday he was in the hospital and diagnosed with lung cancer (on his birthday).   A lot has transpired since then.   It has not been an easy 12 months, but we celebrate how far he’s come and the … Read more

Just wanted to share a few updated pictures of our littlest two.   I feel bad that the older boys have been getting significantly less camera time these days but I know it will balance out come baseball and camping season. 🙂    Here is Gus wearing his new shirt (just in case we forget … Read more

Have you ever heard of Punjammies?  This is the neatest thing!    I just found them last week and already have a few pair on my wish list.  I thought they were cute, but when I read about the cause behind them I was truly moved by the work and story behind the company.  Here … Read more

Much has been made in recent weeks of the Catholic Church’s teaching on contraception.  Lost in the midst of the rhetoric, political posturing, Sandra Fluke fiasco and HHS mandate, lies the reason behind why Church teaching remains consistent (and correct) on this topic.  You can disagree, my only hope is people will take a listen to those … Read more