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2026 Retreat Schedule

December 15, 2025 • retreats

Seven opportunities to retreat with me in 2026! So many great locations to choose from: Dominican Retreat Center in Niskayuna x2, Wiawaka on Lake George, Graymoor on the Holy Mountain, Pyramid Life Center in the ADK, Bon Secours in Maryland, and a second ...

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Remaining faithful when God feels absent

January 23, 2025 • Life Lines

Wildfires and wars, sickness and suffering of every kind. It can sometimes leave us crying out: “Where are you, God?” The silence can feel deafening at ...

Blessing of Aaron: a message for our hungry hearts

January 1, 2025 • Give Us This Day

Published in the January 2025 issue of Give Us This Day: The Lord bless you and keep you! The Lord let his face shine upon you, and be gracious to ...

New podcast: Out with the Old, in with the Unknown

December 31, 2024 • podcasts, Uncategorized

As we cross the threshold of a new year, can we embrace what's ahead — with all its messiness and challenge — and offer ourselves and our world compassion ...

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St. Francis: a saint for all seasons

October 4, 2023 • saints

On this Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, I thought I would pull this column from years ago out of the archives. St. Francis, pray for us! Out in my ...

Angel of God, my guardian dear…

October 2, 2023 • Everyday Divine

Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God's love commits me here, ever this night, be at my side to light and guard, to rule and ...

Catching up to the curve of our own transformation

August 24, 2023 • Life Lines

The poet David Whyte says that most people are “living four or five years behind the curve of their own transformation,” refusing to accept a new season of ...

Be Here Now Retreat

July 28, 2023 • retreats

Early bird pricing for this weekend retreat expires on July 29. So if you're thinking about joining me at the beautiful Bon Secours Retreat & Conference ...

Adding leaven to our prayer

July 23, 2023 • Give Us This Day

My Give Us This Day reflection on today’s Scripture readings. You can find the readings HERE. A friend and I were discussing the problem of letting our ...

Paddling past our fears

July 13, 2023 • Life Lines

When was the last time you let fear keep you from doing something you really wanted or needed to do? Maybe it was a lifetime ago, something in the distant ...

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