“Writing is play in the same way that playing the piano is ‘play,’ or putting on a theatrical ‘play’ is play. Just because something’s fun doesn’t mean it isn’t serious.” –Margaret Atwood

Recent books

When You Are a Godparent. 2001 (St. Anthony Messenger Press)

Woman to Woman: Seeing God in Daily Life. 1998 (St. Anthony Messenger Press)

Loving the Everyday: Meditations for Moms. 1994 (St. Anthony Messenger Press)

Recent publications

“Sports Supplements: Harmful or Helpful?" Young and Healthy. Summer 2003.

"Teen Depression: Far from a  Hopeless Case." Young and Healthy. Spring 2003.

“Faith Based." Cincinnati Magazine. November 2002.

"Dealing with Bullies and Their Victims." Young and Healthy. Fall 2002.

"Working Smart When Muscles Won't Work." Young and Healthy. Spring 2002.

“My Mother’s ‘Our Father.’” Spirituality. November-December 2001.

“When a ‘Cold’ Is More Than a Cold.”  Young and Healthy. Winter 2001.

“Teaching Liz to Drive.” Catholic Digest. March 2001.

“Driver’s Ed.” Cincinnati Magazine. October 2000.

“No More Safe Havens: Dealing with School Violence.”  Young and Healthy. Fall 2000.

“Alternative Therapies: Enhancing the Power of Healing.”  Young and Healthy. Summer 2000.

"Advent: Open Wide the Doors to Christ." November 1999. (St. Anthony Messenger Press)

"Student Writing as Sacred Journey" with Alan deCourcy. Encounter: Education for Meaning and Social Justice. Autumn 1999.

"It's Virus Season--Time to Pump Fluids."  Young and Healthy. Fall 1999.

"New Life for an Evolving Honors Program" with Alan deCourcy and Annette Muckerheide. The National Honors Report. Fall 1999.

"A Declaration of Interdependence: Philosophy and Practice of Interdisciplinary Team Teaching" with A. Kay Clifton, Alan deCourcy, Marge Kloos. Journal for Teaching Excellence. Vol. 9, No. 1, 1998.

"Take Heart: A Healthy Outlook for Children Born with Heart Defects." Young and Healthy. Summer 1999.

"Plastic Surgery: A Return to Normal." Young and Healthy. Spring 1999.

"Lent, Day by Day." Catholic Update. February 1999.