Christina Baker

So excited to be part of this project! To all my co-authors (I can't believe I get to say that) - congrats, and THANK YOU for sharing your journeys!

Check out my latest post over at Mighty Is her Call: mightyishercall.com/blog-2/

Our Deputy Editor Mary Finnegan (@maryraphaela) has started a new journal for long form poetry called Talk to Me in Long Lines: A Journal for (Long) Narrative Verse and Dramatic Monologue. The debut issue was just released, featuring Steve Knepper's poem "Preserves." Follow the link in the first comment to read and subscribe:

"'The Living Fire': Bringing contemporary Catholic poetry to teachers and students": @5KidsAndaBook writes @cworldreport about the first installment of a new series from @WisebloodBooks, which considers the poetry of @DanaGioiaPoet and Sarah Cortez: catholicworldreport.com/2025/08/10/the…

My dear friend and mentor, Sarah Cortez, has a new book out to help teachers connect their students to contemporary Catholic poets. I reviewed it here: catholicworldreport.com/2025/08/10/the…

Just finished reading a book about Chinese painting--over many centuries, the idea of returning anew to ancient models sometimes crops up. So to for us today in many arts. Go forward through the past, gathering what's lost to use in a new way...

Vote tomorrow, Louisiana! There is no good reason to pass Amendment 3. Louisiana’s juvenile crime amendment draws bipartisan opposition, district attorney support lailluminator.com/2025/03/17/juv…

An excellent article by a good friend: A Catholic vice president shouldn’t bless war crimes baptistnews.com/article/a-cath… via @baptist_news

A thought for your Tuesday: Tonight, while I am bringing kids to ballet class and First Communion prep, while we are doing dishes and homework, the State of Louisiana will execute Jesse Hoffman by suffocation. It's not too late to call Gov. Landry's office.

This is a really beautiful take on art and motherhood, the part about repetition in particular - it is good to hear someone celebrating the joys and challenges of the glorious mundane. Can Making Art Make You a Better Mother? plough.com/en/topics/life…

In fact, I just had to write about it: admin.whiletheyweresleeping.com/2025/01/21/gar…

My conscience is pricked...this is so true: Other Monks plough.com/en/topics/comm…

You might be a homeschooler if...Friday morning breakfast devolves (evolves?) into a debate about the plot of Oliver Twist.

Calling all creatives: if you want more and more joyous productivity in 2025, check out this workshop: goodjelly.com/offers/4YFeXfy…

It's been a big year for me with many ups and downs. One thing that has really helped is learning GoodJelly.com writing processes with wider applications. Their "Plan for Done 2025" course enrollemts are now open. goodjelly.com/offers/4YFeXfy…

@JcScharl (To be clear, thank you for the reminder of all the other things. I didn't forget my daughter's birthday! 😂)

@JcScharl It's also my daughter's 16th birthday. Thank you for this reminder!

It's Election Day. Someone's being born today, and someone's dying, and it's someone's anniversary and someone's first day at work and someone's last day and someone's first date and someone's breakup... Politics are important but they aren't total. Sending love to you all.

Private calls and campaign cash: Louisiana regulators’ ties to the utilities they oversee lailluminator.com/2024/11/03/psc… via @IlluminatorLA

Tomie dePaola's books have brought joy to my childhood and to my motherhood in so many ways. I'm praying for an outpouring of books like his for young Catholics. Read more here: