Barbara Golder

Barbara Golder is a convert to the Catholic faith, a physician and attorney, wife, mother and writer. Her breakout novel, Dying for Revenge, a Catholic murder mystery, is available on Amazon and Amazon kindle. She is the Director of Adult Faith Formation and Evangelization at the Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She lives in Lookout Mountain, Tennessee with two dogs, two cats and her husband of 40+ years, with whom she collaborates on a variety of photoessays and projects. View them at www.thesehandsbmj.com andwww.stephengolderphotography.com.

Latest Articles By Barbara Golder
Letter to a Convert's Dad
Letter to a Convert's Dad
It would be presumptuous of me to say I know how you feel, now that your son has made the transition from the Protestant tradition of his birth and family to a strange and new home in the Catholic Church. But I can say I’ve seen this responce before and I know that the pain you fell is deep, real, and confusing.
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Something Different for Lent
Something Different for Lent
Every year, we focus on what we’ll give up for Lent—an admirable practice. Mastering passions by denying ourselves is a good thing—but the ultimate goal of penance (of any spiritual practice) is to draw us closer to God.
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Lord and the Ring
Lord and the Ring
I had occasion to see a video of his appearance on the classic old game show What’s My Line? On which Archbishp Fulton Sheen was the mystery guest.
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Liturgy Wars
Liturgy Wars
In my experience, nothing divides the Catholic community more quickly or neatly than a discussion of liturgy. I was astounded when I came into the church, the passions that a simple change in liturgical practice could produce. Thus, it was no surprise when Cardinal Sarah’s invitation to resume a posture facing east during Advent was met with zealous language on both sides of the divide.
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More Bars in More Places
More Bars in More Places
In the course of discussing--of all things--the Confession of St. Augustine, a friend described the spiritual life as being like a cell phone. The more open we are to reception, the more we receive; and if we wander off into a cell-hole, reception gets bad.
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Evidently Catholic
Evidently Catholic
One of my random memories of childhood is meeting a friend of my parents who was Catholic. I must have been five or six at the time, and the only Catholics I knew were my neighbors, the Murphys.
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Giving Footprint
Giving Footprint
I’m always looking for ways to—borrowing a phrase from the environmentalists— improve my "giving footprint." In austere times, there comes a limit to how much in dollars and cents one can give and there’s certainly a limit in terms of time—but if one is creative there are many ways to enhance our commitment to serving the body of Christ by our prayers, our presence, our gifts and our service.
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Tied Up in Nots
Tied Up in Nots
For your penance, I want you to tell God who you are. Not because He needs to know—He already does—but you need to say it.” My regular confessor is not of the “say three Hail Marys” variety.
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Dowry
Dowry
Because I took a step out of my comfort zone for about thirty seconds a year or so ago, I learned to cook Kenyan style. And I learned something about God in the process.
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1 Timothy 3:14-15
1 Timothy 3:14-15
….one sad fact about the sinful people who make up the Church is that we will rarely miss an opportunity to mess things up. There is no guarantee that the institutional face of the Church will do the best thing at the most opportune time, avoiding any possible misstep. But even in the face of certain suppression, the choice to leave the Church is still that: choice.
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Manners, Southern Style
Manners, Southern Style
Anyone who comes to the South understands very quickly that there is a code of gentility—manners—that governs every aspect of life. It’s a little complex sometimes, but all of us who live here understand it. After a time, it becomes such a part of life that we don’t even think about it any more, we just do it.
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Not Fond Of Jane, BUT...
Not Fond Of Jane, BUT...
It was one of those Internet forwards one gets from good friends exercised about one thing or another. I got it from several sources and it was old news about Jane Fonda. It came on the heels of a particularly meaningful encounter with a priest who is both friend and mentor. It has made them stop and think, differently, in a small but significant way.
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Fast, Food
Fast, Food
In what can only be termed a disaster of personal calendar management, I agreed to go to lunch at 11 with a group of co-workers on a Tuesday—a day when Mass is at noon.
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Inside Out
Inside Out
In the last couple weeks I have three times encountered Protestant friends who looked on me with pity for my Catholic faith, all of for the same reason, the most recent one the most articulate. “I’m just so sorry,” she said, “that you don’t know that Jesus died for your sins and wants a relationship with you.”
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By Water and Spirit
By Water and Spirit
Why do you baptize children? A child can’t confess his faith in Jesus, and it’s accepting Jesus as Lord and Savior that saves us, not baptism.
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