Angeling 6 | welcome to the have it all mall
Jonah didn’t know exactly what he expected to see when he stepped from the elevator, but he had a vague sense that it would be something mysterious and otherworldly. A […]
Angeling | 5: dead people don’t wear bellybuttons
The instant Jonah let go of his grandfather’s hand, his shadow jerked him backward, hard—like a parachute suddenly braking a skydiver’s fall, but in reverse. Okay, that was a bad […]
Angeling | 4: over the brink of eternity
“And that is why we always wear a helmet, people,” Campbell quipped as he stood over Jonah, who lay unmoving where he’d landed, slightly to one side of home plate, […]
Anna should not open the door for the beautiful woman in black. How many times have her parents warned her against opening the door for strangers while she is home […]
Ransom was so small that the state highway department noted its existence only by the SPEED LIMIT 40 sign on the way into town and the SPEED LIMIT 55 sign […]
Soon as it was night, out we shoved; when we got her out to about the middle, we let her alone, and let her float wherever the current wanted her […]
Anyone who has ever joined the Winona Catholic Worker as a live-in volunteer has inevitably had The Conversation with his or her family and other relatives. With surprisingly few exceptions, […]
THE RIVER FLOWS SOUTH, AND ALL THE FLOWING WATERS OF half a continent run to it—morning dew, whole gray-white fields of melting snow, rain running down rooftops and cascading through […]
Short Fiction
- Ascension
The crab apple tree was in full bloom, glowing white in the moonlight. Cathy stood underneath it, her small mouth slightly agape as she looked up into a […]
- Angeling | 4: over the brink of eternity
“And that is why we always wear a helmet, people,” Campbell quipped as he stood over Jonah, who lay unmoving where he’d landed, slightly to one side of […]
- Sister Zoe, Meet the Gardener
Sister Zoe longed for the taste of food over the tongue—the tang of garlic and salt and tomato on a pizza, the mild creaminess of milk, the messy […]
Books
- Angeling 6 | welcome to the have it all mall
Jonah didn’t know exactly what he expected to see when he stepped from the elevator, but he had a vague sense that it would be something mysterious and […]
- Waking Up Bees
Saint Mary’s Press, May 1, 1999 | Juvenile Nonfiction | 168 pages Engaging and true-to-life, these ten short stories vividly portray people who are wrestling with important life […]
- Primary Source Readings in Catholic Social Justice
Saint Mary’s Press, 2007 | 232 pages God calls each one of us to work for justice in the world. It is a daunting task that we do […]
Essays & Articles
- The Catholic Worker is a Fool
Anyone who has ever joined the Winona Catholic Worker as a live-in volunteer has inevitably had The Conversation with his or her family and other relatives. With surprisingly […]
- Home on the River
Soon as it was night, out we shoved; when we got her out to about the middle, we let her alone, and let her float wherever the current […]
Other stuff I’m up to….
Peanut Butter & Grace is a website and (soon) a book about the stuff that holds families together.
Hold On Tight! tells the ongoing story of my son Alex's journey from a Ukrainian orphanage to his new home with our family.
About Jerry Windley-Daoust
