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Faith Through Fiction Vlog Series – Finding Purpose

By Leslea Wahl Leave a Comment

 

About the Faith Through Fiction Vlog Series.

CatholicTeenBooks.com was founded upon the desire to provide entertaining Catholic fiction that can build your faith. And with this goal in mind, authors T.M. Gaouette and Leslea Wahl have taken it a step further by creating the Faith Through Fiction video blogs. With these vlogs we will dive into issues that teens face and present fiction that addresses relevant themes.

How do we know what the meaning of life is, or on a smaller scale, what our individual purpose in life is? We’ll never really come to any sort of answer, unless we know what the meaning of life is. This can be a huge struggle for teens who are transitioning from child to adult and who are suddenly faced with a daunting future. In this episode of Faith Through Fiction, CatholicTeenBooks authors, T.M. Gaouette and Leslea Wahl, discuss this very topic.

 

Featured Author: Leslea Wahl

Featured Books:

The Perfect Blindside by Leslea Wahl

I Am Margaret by Corinna Turner

8 Notes to a Nobody by Cynthia T. Toney

Fight for Liberty by Theresa Linden

Treachery and Truth by Katy Huth Jones

Saving Mount Rushmore by Andrea Jo Rogers 

Freeing Tanner Rose by T. M. Gaouette


Finding Purpose (catholicteenbooks.com)

Read all posts by Leslea Wahl Filed Under: Featured, High School, Middle School, Video Tagged With: Catholic Teen Books, Faith Through Fiction, Leslea WahlLeave a Comment

Faith Through Fiction Vlog Series – Courage

By Leslea Wahl

CatholicTeenBooks.com was founded upon the desire to provide entertaining Catholic fiction that can build your faith. And with this goal in mind, authors T.M. Gaouette and Leslea Wahl have taken it a step further by creating the Faith Through Fiction video blogs. With these vlogs we will dive into issues that teens face and present fiction that addresses relevant themes.

In today’s Faith Through Fiction vlog T. M. Gaouette and Leslea Wahl are joined by fellow Catholic Teen Books author Katy Huth Jones to discuss courage. Katy will be sharing about her teen novel, Treachery and Truth, the true tale of Good King Wenceslas, and the amazing courage of this faithful servant when he faced betrayal and persecution. While we may not face the same challenges, as Catholics, we must do the right thing even if it means facing something or someone we’re afraid of, and oftentimes it means defending our faith in an unholy world.

 

Featured author: Katy Huth Jones

 

Featured books:

Treachery and Truth by Katy Huth Jones

Saving Mount Rushmore by Andrea Jo Rodgers

Battle for His Soul by Theresa Linden

The Perfect Blindside by Leslea Wahl

Secrets: Visible & Invisible by 7 Catholic Teen Book authors

I Am Margaret by Corinna Turner

The Siege of Reginald Hill by Corinna Turner

Faith and Kung Fu series by T.M. Gaouette

 

Courage (catholicteenbooks.com)

Read all posts by Leslea Wahl Filed Under: Book Reviews, Featured, High School, Video Tagged With: book review, CatholicTeenBooks, courage

What is Advent, anyway?

By Peggy Clores

The season of Advent begins on Sunday, November 27, 2022.  For some of our readers, especially RCIA candidates, the meaning and traditions of this Season may be a brand-new experience. For others, you may not fully realize the meaning behind the beautiful things we do at this time of year.  Here is a mini Advent lesson.  Hopefully, you can find 10 minutes of “quiet time” to review the information and gain the most from this Season.

LESSON ON THE SEASON OF ADVENT

At this time, we are “waiting for the Messiah” and “preparing Him room” in our hearts.

We are to be open to what He wants to change in us in order to for us to become more of who we are intended to be.

 

 

This second link gives you a fairly complete look at the meaning and practices during this season.

https://catholicism.about.com/od/holydaysandholidays/p/Advent.htm

 

Wishing you and your families a very blessed Advent Season!

 

Peggy

 

Read all posts by Peggy Clores Filed Under: Catholic Spirituality, Featured, Liturgical, RCIA & Adult Education, Video Tagged With: advent

Faith Through Fiction Vlog Series – Putting God First

By Leslea Wahl

CatholicTeenBooks.com was founded upon the desire to provide entertaining Catholic fiction that can build your faith. With this goal in mind, authors T.M. Gaouette and Leslea Wahl have taken it a step further by creating the Faith Through Fiction video blogs. With these vlogs, we will dive into issues that teens face and present fiction that addresses relevant themes.

In this Faith Through Fiction vlog, T. M. Gaouette and Leslea Wahl are joined by fellow Catholic Teen Books author Carolyn Astfalk to discuss putting God first. As Christians, everything we do should be for the glory of God, and that includes the books that we read. We should constantly be bettering ourselves and finding ways to live a life that pleases the Lord. But in a world that focuses on our own happiness and successes, that’s often easier said than done.

Featured author: Carolyn Astfalk

Featured books:

Secrets: Visible & Invisible by CTB authors

Crusader King by Susan Peek

3 Things to Forget by Cynthia T. Toney

I am Margaret series by Corinna Turner

Treachery & Truth by Katy Huth-Jones

Life-Changing Love by Theresa Linden

Faith & Kung Fu series by T. M. Gaouette

Putting God First (catholicteenbooks.com)

Read all posts by Leslea Wahl Filed Under: Book Reviews, Featured, High School, Middle School, Values, Video, Youth Ministry Tagged With: book reviews, Catholic Teen Books

Faith Through Fiction Vlog Series – Bullying

By Leslea Wahl

CatholicTeenBooks.com was founded upon the desire to provide entertaining Catholic fiction that can build your faith. With this goal in mind, authors T.M. Gaouette and Leslea Wahl have taken it a step further by creating the Faith Through Fiction video blogs. These blogs will delve into the issues that teens face and present edifying fiction that addresses relevant themes.

Bullying is the topic of the first Faith Through Fiction vlog. Join T. M. Gaouette and Leslea Wahl, along with author Theresa Linden to discuss this topic. We all know that bullying is a very common occurrence, made much worse by social media. But have you ever thought about fiction as a perfect way to understand this issue from a variety of perspectives, from the bully to the victim to the person watching from afar? Click on the link below to learn more about dealing with this topic from a Catholic perspective.

Featured author: Theresa Linden

Featured books:

Roland West: Outcast by Theresa Linden

Mandy Lamb and the Full Moon by Corinna Turner

Brothers by Corinna Turner

The Destiny of Sunshine Ranch by T. M. Gaouette

Guarding Aaron by T.M. Gaouette

7 Riddles to Nowhere by A.J. Cattapan

8 Notes to a Nobody by Cynthia T. Toney

An Unexpected Role by Leslea Wahl

Bullying (catholicteenbooks.com)

Read all posts by Leslea Wahl Filed Under: Book Reviews, Catholic Spirituality, Culture, Video

Interview with Barb Szyzkiewicz about The Handy Little Guide to Prayer

By Lisa Mladinich

If you have ever wished you had a wise and prayerful friend to guide you in growing closer to God, meet Barb Szyzkiewicz, a Catholic wife and mom, a wonderful writer and editor, and the author of a new book: The Handy Little Guide to Prayer!

She’s familiar to many women around the world for her fantastic work at CatholicMom.com, and now she’s got a new book and two beautiful prayer journals to tell us about!

Click the book cover to watch!

Order the Handy Little Guide to Prayer, by Barb Szyszkiewicz

Barb Szyszkiewicz is a wife, a mom of three young adults, and a Secular Franciscan. She is editor at CatholicMom.com and blogs at FranciscanMom.com. Barb enjoys writing, cooking, and reading, and is a music minister at her parish.

Order the (beautiful) Simply Faithful journals:

Sacred Heart Prayer Journal: https://www.osvcatholicbookstore.com/product/simply-faithful-my-catholic-prayer-journal-the-sacred-heart

Our Lady of Lourdes Prayer Journal: https://www.osvcatholicbookstore.com/product/simply-faithful-my-catholic-prayer-journal-our-lady-of-lourdes

Barb’s blog: FranciscanMom.com

Social Media: @franciscanmom on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook

Work: CatholicMom.com

Read all posts by Lisa Mladinich Filed Under: Book Reviews, Catholic Spirituality, Featured, General, Interview, Lisa's Updates, Podcast, Prayer, Resources, Video Tagged With: Barb Szyzkiewicz, CatholicMom, interview, Our Sunday Visitor, The Handy Little Guide to Prayer

Interview with Leila Lawler and The Summa Domestica

By Lisa Mladinich

Do you like a good story?
Enjoy this fascinating conversation with Leila Lawler about the role of beauty in her conversion from atheism, the critical skills of homemaking, and her fantastic new three-volume set, The Summa Domestica!

Order Leila’s beautiful boxed set here!

Leila Marie Lawler is a wife of one, mother of seven, and grandmother of sixteen (and counting!). She lives in Central Massachusetts. Leila encountered Christianity as a high school student and entered the Catholic Church in 1979, the year she was married to Philip F. Lawler, noted Catholic author and editor of Catholic World News.

Leila practices “kitchen sink philosophy” at Like Mother, Like Daughter, a website for practical and theoretical insight into all aspects of daily life. She writes on everything from cooking and knitting to education and recovering what she and her daughters call “the collective memory.”

Leila is a Fellow of the Center for the Restoration of Christian Culture, a project of Thomas More College of the Liberal Arts in Merrimack, NH. Her previous book, co-authored with David Clayton, The Little Oratory: A Beginner’s Guide to Praying in the Home, is published by Sophia Institute Press.

Find Leila at her blog: http://likemotherlikedaughter.org

Leila Lawler on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/leilamarielawler

Link for Purchase: https://www.sophiainstitute.com/products/item/the-summa-domestica-3-volume-set

Facebook (her publisher): https://www.facebook.com/SophiaInstitutePress/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SophiaPress

Read all posts by Lisa Mladinich Filed Under: Family Life, Featured, General, Homeschooling, Interview, Lisa's Updates, Podcast, Video Tagged With: conversion story, family life, homeschooling, interview, Leila Marie Lawler, Sophia Institute Press, The Summa Domestica

FREE FABULOUS Stocking Stuffers from Chris Stefanick

By Lisa Mladinich

Ho Ho Ho, my Friends! 

Click the Stocking!

If you’re like me, you probably can’t get enough of Chris Stefanick’s one-to-two minute inspirational videos, every one of them a holy shot in the arm that can take a dull day and make it vibrant.

The past few months, Chris has been knocking it out of the park every Friday with bite-sized, powerhouse snippets called, “Real Life Minutes,” that truly put handles on some critically-important concepts to help you ramp up your life of faith.

And now, his wonderful team has made this delightful FREE series available for easy sharing!

Unwrap them slowly over time, or empty the whole thing on the floor and BINGE.

Why wait? Get started!

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Love,

Lisa

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Interview with Sonja Corbitt about her book “Just Rest” and much more!

By Lisa Mladinich

Oh boy, is this a POWERFUL conversation about the spiritual life with one of my all-time favorites, Sonja Corbitt!

Come with us and see your “desert” times in a whole new way that will prove to you that the Promised Land is closer than ever!

Click the book cover image to join me and Sonja, as we “get real” about our desert times!

 

SONJA CORBITT is the Bible Study Evangelista and creator of the LOVE the Word® Bible study method–and journal, called “the best modernization of lectio” by the Associate Publisher of Thomas Nelson Publishing.

A best-selling author and Telly Award-winning broadcaster, Sonja’s weekly radio and television shows, as well as a variety of other unique approaches to Scripture, create space for busy Christians to hear and experience God though the scriptures.

Through her Bible studies and books, one-on-one consultations, pilgrimages, retreats, television and radio shows, Sonja uses Scripture and a healing charism to lead others to deeper rest and healing.

Find Sonja at BibleStudyEvangelista.com

Get Sonja’s Book!  https://www.avemariapress.com/products/just-rest

Read all posts by Lisa Mladinich Filed Under: Book Reviews, Catholic Spirituality, Discernment, Featured, General, Interview, Interviews, Lisa's Updates, Resources, Scripture, Spiritual Warfare, Video Tagged With: Ave Maria Press, Bible study, book review, interview, Just Rest, Lisa Mladinich, Sonja Corbitt

Interview with Bear Wosnick on Surfing, the Spiritual Life, and His New Book!

By Lisa Mladinich

My Friends, You haven’t lived ’til you’ve listened to Bear Wosnick describe what it is to surf a big wave and experience powerful connections with your spiritual life!

We’re also talking about romance, holy masculinity, and his new book, “Deep Adventure: The Way of Heroic Virtue”!

Just click the book cover to join our super-fun conversation!

BEAR WOZNICK is the Host of the Motorcycle-Based Reality TV show, “Long Ride Home with Bear Woznick,” which is distributed worldwide on EWTN and Armed Forces Network to more than two hundred million homes and Amazon Prime. He is also the Host of EWTN’s “The Bear Woznick Adventure” Radio Show heard by millions each week on over 500 radio stations in nearly all 50 states, as well as Sirius FM, and Video version on most podcast apps. Bear also Hosts the fifteen-minute Ocean Sunrise Catechism, seen weekdays on Facebook live. He is the author of the books, “Deep in the Wave – A Surfing Guide to the Soul” (an Amazon best seller) and “Deep Adventure – The Way of Heroic Virtue.” He leads pilgrimages to Europe, Greece, and Israel, and speaks globally, with an emphasis on Men’s Conferences. He’s a Benedictine Oblate at the Mary Spouse of the Holy Spirit Monastery on North Shore of O’ahu. Bear is Married to Cindy Woznick, lives in Waikiki, and has four adult children. He’s a CPA with a Masters Degree in Tax, and he’s pursuing a Masters of Theology from Franciscan University at Steubenville. Bear Wosnick is also a World Champion surfer.

Find Bear Wosnick and his books and other resources at https://www.bearschoolofmanliness.com

Check out his “Store” for books and more. Here’s the direct link! https://my-site-100622-104377.square.site

Read all posts by Lisa Mladinich Filed Under: Book Reviews, Catholic Spirituality, Featured, General, Interview, Lisa's Updates, Marriage, Podcast, Resources, Video Tagged With: Bear Wosnick, Catholic, Deep Adventure The Way of Heroic Virtue, masculinity, romance, Sophia Press, Spirituality, surfing, virtues

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