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LaJuan Tallo

LaJuan Tallo is a Catholic wife, mother and grandmother, who is a retired assistant director at a community college. She attends mass at a beautiful church in Alabama She writes (somewhat regularly) on her blog, woundedfaithful.blogspot.com.

Latest Articles By LaJuan Tallo

The Corporal Works of Mercy: Are we doing them or not?

How can we practice the corporal works of mercy in our daily life?
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The War on Advent

It feels like jump into Christmas as soon as we take our pumpkins off the porch.
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A barrel of humanity

When my husband and I take a driving trip we usually end up eating at a Cracker Barrel. The same was true on our last trip. The restaurant was very crowded that day, and since I am not a big fan of crowds, I really dreaded going in. We were pretty hungry since we'd been driving for several hours, so I thought I'd suck it up and just go on in there.
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I'm not really worried

This has been one rough year, hasn't it? This election cycle alone has been enough to drive you crazy. Everywhere you turn, there is conflict, violence and strife, and people just seem to be getting angrier every day. I am sure that there are way more people who have developed problems with anxiety because of it.
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The "song" of the Church

Lately there has been a lot of crying during Mass in our little parish. After what seemed like forever, we suddenly have a parish full of little ones again. I like to call the crying and little noises we hear the "song" of the Church.
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Do sweat the small stuff?

Ever known anyone who loves to make a mountain out of a molehill? Sure, we all have. Maybe we still do. Maybe we do ourselves. Are those little things really that important? When my daughter Lauren died 11 years ago, my perspective and priorities changed forever. I began to realize that those little things were not that important. My priorities became different.
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Baptized with vinegar

A while back I heard Mark Hart, the Bible Geek on the radio and one of the things he said made me laugh, but it stuck with me. He was talking about Christian joy (or the lack thereof) and he said, “Some people look like they were baptized with vinegar.”
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My "Universal" Family

I resisted the urge to tag this post with something like outer space, extraterrestrial, or aliens, although it would have been funny. On the other hand, it may have brought some traffic I didn't want. When I say I have a universal family I mean it.
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She's No Angel

“Heaven needed another angel.” I don’t know how many times I heard that in the weeks following my daughter Lauren’s death. My first thought was, “Well, why did they have to pick my kid?” That was my raw response - the one coming from pain. But I smiled on the outside, thanking them for their kind words and moved on.
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