Homegrown Faith

by Bratton, Heidi; O'Malley, Sean P., Cardinal; Bean, Danielle

• ISBN13: 9781616361341
• ISBN10: 1616361344
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-08-01
• Publisher: Servant Books

Summary

Heidi Bratton invites you into her home, where shell show you where to find God--right inside the busyness of modern family life. A series of insightful and often humorous weekly reflections on raising faithful Catholic families, "Homegrown Faith" draws on familiar situations--sibling rivalry, fender-benders, lost shoes before Mass--to reveal unexpected sacramental riches.

Author Biography

Heidi Bratton is an award-winning photographer and author with a gift for bringing simple truths to life in a practical way. Heidi has written over twenty books. She and her husband, John, have six children and live in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Foreword	p. xtii
Introduction	p. xv
Growing Faith at Home	p. xvii
Using This Book for Personal or Group Devotions	p. xxi
Using This Book as a Guide for Personal Daily Prayer	p. xxiii
Using This Book as a Guide for Group Prayer	p. xxv
Feasting on Faith at Home: Reflections for Advent, Christmas, and Ordinary Time in Winter	p. 1
Seek After Joy	p. 3
Peace Is Like a Cookie	p. 6
The Magic of Cardboard	p. 10
A Heavenly Scent	p. 13
Unwrapping the Gift of Jesus	p. 17
It's a Wonderful Life	p. 22
Miracles Unlimited	p. 26
Running on Empty	p. 29
Tanked Up on Faith	p. 32
Creative Memories and Crazy Moms	p. 35
Prayer, Our High-Speed Connection to Heaven	p. 38
Show-Don't-Tell Catholic Parenting	p. 41
Love for a Lifetime	p. 45
Planting Seeds of Faith at Home: Reflections for Lent and Easter	p. 49
Not So Fast	p. 51
Sunlight and Lent	p. 54
Mission Endurance…I Mean Honduras	p. 58
Finding Our Personal Mission Field	p. 61
Todos can Juntos	p. 64
Giving from the Heart	p. 68
The Parable of the Angry Sower	p. 72
Getting on Track and Bearing Good Fruit	p. 75
Housework and Heavens Work	p. 78
Time to Talk with Mrs. Crow	p. 82
Hail Mary, Full of Grace	p. 85
Mothering Matters	p. 88
Take Small Bites and Keep on Chewing	p. 91
Tending to the Faith at Home: Reflections for Ordinary Time in Summer	p. 95
Like a Mighty Wind	p. 97
Prayer: A Window to Heaven	p. 100
A Fatherly Kind of Love	p. 104
Father Knows Best	p. 107
If Life Were a Bowl of Cherries…	p. 111
Building Our Children's Character	p. 115
Sunscreen, Lobsters, and Parenting	p. 119
The Nature of Christian Unity: Part One	p. 123
The Nature of Christian Unity: Part Two	p. 127
Motherhood: A Survival Strategy	p. 131
Lord of the Unexpected	p. 135
Katrina, Divorce, and Other Unnatural Disasters	p. 139
Directions for Life and Death	p. 143
Harvesting Faith at Home: Reflections for Ordinary Time in Autumn	p. 147
Childhood as a Mosaic	p. 149
The Season for Humble Pie	p. 153
Equipping Our Kids for the Soccer Field of Life	p. 156
Quenching Our Children's Thirst	p. 160
Driving Lessons	p. 164
Negotiating the Parking Lot of Life	p. 167
Winning the Big Game	p. 171
The Power-Packed Body and Blood of Jesus	p. 175
My Bright Red Worth in Jesus	p. 178
Nothing Packed in Plastic, Please	p. 182
Keeping It Simple	p. 186
Mary and Martha for the Holidays	p. 189
Blessed Is He	p. 193
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