“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.