Hopeful

PATRICIA FRANZ|Jan 8, 2026| Spirituality| 8 Comments

Margaret Simon hosts our first 2026 Spiritual Journey reflections with an invitation to share our One Little Word -...

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Standing In the Gap

PATRICIA FRANZ|Sep 12, 2025| Spirituality| 9 Comments

Thank you to both Linda Mitchell, who is hosting our September Spiritual Journey reflections, and to my Nevermores...

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Light and Dark

PATRICIA FRANZ|Dec 11, 2023| Spirituality| 10 Comments

Thank you to Jone who offered our December prompt. Click on her name to read a heartbreaking reflection on holding...

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Street poem

PATRICIA FRANZ|Oct 27, 2023| Poetry Friday| 18 Comments

My spirit feels like a puddle of heartache this week. How much can a heart absorb – of atrocities, madness,...

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WHAT IS HOPE?

PATRICIA FRANZ|Sep 8, 2023| My Published Work, Poetry Friday| 37 Comments

It's Poetry Friday!We're celebrating with Amy at The Poem Farm.And I'm celebrating with POMELO BOOKS' latest poetry...

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Spiritual Journey: Shall We Dance?

PATRICIA FRANZ|May 9, 2023| Spirituality| 9 Comments

"I am the dance, and I still go on..."   We sang “Lord of the Dance” in many Catholic liturgies during the Easter...

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Hope is…

PATRICIA FRANZ|Feb 24, 2023| Poetry Friday| 20 Comments

It's Poetry Friday! Curl up with some poetry goodness this weekend! Tabatha at The Opposite of Indifference has the...

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Poetry Friday: A Field Guide For Hope

PATRICIA FRANZ|Dec 23, 2022| Poetry Friday| 24 Comments

O come, all ye faithful, believers that the best is yet to come... Wherein lies hope, faith? In the belief that your...

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