How do you give thanks when the last thing you’re feeling is grateful? How do you respond to St. Paul’s invitation to “give thanks in all circumstances” when the whole year feels like a dumpster fire? When you really take the time to look through […]

Is this your first year cooking a Thanksgiving turkey?  Does the idea of getting dinner on the table, Thanksgiving or otherwise, make you break out in hives?  Do slumpy pie crusts make you angry?  Would you like to hear two middle aged, midwestern moms of […]

I think we can all agree that the world is a harder, even scarier, place than it was when we were teens, be that 10, 20, 40 years ago.  So how do we make the most of our kids’ teenage years?  How do we, as […]

October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month.  You’ve probably seen that noted online or even in the news recently.  This month, we set aside time to remember the little ones we or our loved ones have lost.  And on today’s episode of the AWG […]

Have you ever been surprised when you unexpectedly find common ground with someone who, by all appearances, is different from you?  Well, in today’s episode of the A Welcome Grace Podcast, I had the pleasure of doing just that.  And I thoroughly enjoyed my conversation […]

Looking for a bit of perspective in your politics these days?  Then look no further than today’s AWG Podcast episode with my guest Julie Varner Walsh. Who is Julie? Julie holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and German from Mount Saint Mary’s University. She […]

On this week’s (inaugural, premier, headmost) episode of the A Welcome Grace Podcast, we talk with my friend Linsday Durrenberger.  Diagnosed with stage 3 colorectal cancer at age 33, Lindsay has a unique perspective on life that I think we all need to tune into. […]