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Book Review: Growing into God….Christian Maturity When I saw this book on the Catholic University of America Press website, it took no time at all for me to pursue getting a copy – I very much wanted to read the insights offered in the book.…

Our Saints-in-Training group now has deep-dive sessions about encountering "door(s) to the sacred" throughout the liturgical seasons. Join us!

Saints-in-Training (Join the Club!) Did you know that all of us share a universal call to holiness? We do! This universal call to holiness is communicated as such in the Vatican II document Lumen Gentium (scroll to Chapter 5). Prior …

Great upcoming faith workshops. Register to attend from home (Zoom)!

Reminder: upcoming events for growing-in-faith (sign up!) As we squeeze in a few more end-of-summer activities, The Hermitage Within is offering four upcoming growing-in-faith events (90 minutes each). Join us online – from the comfort of home or wh…

Great gift ideas for people of faith! Super!

Artsy faith gifts A great way to support us is by purchasing our “artsy faith gifts.” Everyone loves “small artisan” gifts. For greeting cards, order here). Also, view & order more of our…

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Fall is approaching and so is religious education As we squeeze in a few more end-of-summer activities, students are getting ready to head back to school. Education is not just classroom academics. For people of faith, our faith development is als…

Check out our latest blog post, "Cold rainy days and God." Worth a read!

Cold rainy days and God I am watching the rain fall on this cold June morning in my Seattle-area suburb. The heat should have been turned off a month ago. A week or so ago, I put away my space heaters that I use when I wa…

Our faith blogger is also an "arts and crafts" person. Now combined faith blogging and the arts-and-crafts option for you to order a church-style prayer stand. Set up the ambiance of church at your home! Super!

Bring Church Home: Set of Prayer Candles We are thrilled to now offer church candle stands for you to have at home. Lighting candles in church is a popular way to be prayerful. Now is your chance to bring that prayerful candle sentiment h…

We now accept faith question submissions to our faith blog. Please feel welcome to submit your question - see our website. Super!

Dear Hermitage: ‘Faith Advice’ Column Our faith blog is where we provide faith insights. While we often select the topics for our blog posts, we also welcome public inquiries for topics to cover in our blog posts. “I am wondering…

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People of faith, becoming Easter people…. When I taught baptism preparation classes for parents and godparents, talking about baptism inherently required talking about Adam and Eve and “The Fall.” When we are baptized, we are g…