This blog is for anyone wondering if their testimony matters. (Spoiler alert: It does.) A few months ago, I took a creative writing class where people of all ages from all over...
No One Is You
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Sister Charity Lombardo
Articles by Sister Charity Lombardo
Let your faith fill in the gaps
“We’re on the brink of an adventure, children, don’t spoil it with too many questions.” Oh, it’s like Mary Poppins was speaking to my soul during her latest big-screen...
Think the Opposite
At the beginning of my career, my boss gave me a book called Whatever You Think, Think the Opposite by Paul Arden, an advertising pro. Filled with radical insights, paradoxes,...
You vs. You
https://youtu.be/FzSZ44jBVNk “And now, entering the ring at 5 feet, 1 inch tall, all the way from New York City, she’s the famous underdog, it’s Charity Lombardo!” yells the ring...
God’s Fixer Upper
My confession of the week is that I’ve watched entirely too many hours of my new favorite show, Fixer Upper. Have you seen this? (My other confession of the week is that I truly...
Why We Suffer
Happiness all the time. Boy, wouldn’t that be nice? Every day, every minute, happy? Yeah, I could get used to that. Unfortunately, that’s not possible (sorry to burst your...
The Truth About the Enemy
And for my next blog, I will try and relate a Broadway musical to my spiritual life. Here it goes. I recently saw the musical "Wicked". The story centers on a young...
Am I Strong Enough for Circus School?
Fun fact: my dream is to join the circus. Trapeze flying. Aerial acrobatics. That hoop thing they twirl around. The contorting. The tightroping. The fearlessness. The...
Dear Depression
The Goodbye Letters, Part 2. Dear Depression, It was just a couple of years ago when I wrote to your other half, Anxiety. But I know how connected the two of you are, and...
The Whispering Gallery
Trains aren’t the only thing that travel at Grand Central Station. If you ever visit the lower level of the world-famous landmark in New York, you might spot something...