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Discovering the Divine in the Everyday

Miscarriage: love and loss 24 years later

August 6, 2022 • parenting

My annual tribute to the baby I lost 24 years ago today, the baby I call Grace: For the past few days I’ve been looking at the numbers on the calendar, growing more and more introspective as we inched closer to August 6. It was 24 years ago today that I ...

‘This is how you do Church.’

August 5, 2022 • Life Lines

As I settled into my pew at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago one recent Sunday morning, I gazed up at the beautiful interior, a feast for the eyes, and hoped ...

Be like a jellyfish. Go with the flow…

July 25, 2022 • Nature

When I saw these jellyfish at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, I was mesmerized. Apparently, so was everyone else, because the crowd around their tank was ...

Fear or trust? Which will you choose?

July 6, 2022 • spirituality

Full disclosure: I was never a big Carlos Santana fan. Okay, I wasn't really a fan at all. That is unless Rob Thomas was singing as Santana played. But then ...

Finding your soul home

July 1, 2022 • Life Lines

As I paddled a kayak across the crystal-clear water of an Adirondack lake on a gorgeous Friday afternoon recently, I turned to my paddling partner and said, ...

Jesus Asks for Radical

June 27, 2022 • Give Us This Day

How often do we, like the scribe in today’s Gospel, say to the Lord in prayer: “I will follow you wherever you go”? We may have the best of intentions and ...

Where is the beauty in your world?

June 15, 2022 • Everyday Divine

As I was sipping coffee on the deck this morning, phone in hand, crossword puzzle in front of me, I suddenly stopped and looked up. In that moment, ...

A trade-off worth making

June 2, 2022 • Life Lines

When I left my office job four months ago to return to my home-based writing and retreat business, I was mainly focused on doing the work I love most on a ...

Is happiness a choice? Let’s talk about mental health

May 9, 2022 • podcasts

My latest Life Lines column, From Darkness into Light, has brought in a flurry of emails and comments from readers. It seems this topic really struck a ...

Moving from darkness into light

May 4, 2022 • Life Lines

I recently did a search of my past Life Lines columns to find something I wrote here six years ago: “Sometimes happiness isn’t a choice.” I remembered how ...

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