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The gift of centering prayer: finding unity through silence

July 7, 2025 • Silence

This Soul Seeing essay originally ran in the July 5, 2025, issue of the National Catholic Reporter: As I drove down the New York State Thruway, headed toward what promised to be an inspiring event on the legacy of Trappist Fr. Thomas Keating and the ...

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Finding Jesus on the Streets of Guatemala

March 20, 2024 • Life Lines

When I was in Guatemala on retreat earlier this month, I was humbled and heartened by the visible presence of Lent not just in churches but on storefronts ...

The One Who Rights All Wrongs

March 18, 2024 • Give Us This Day

My reflection on today's Scripture readings in the March issue of Give Us This Day: At some point or another, most of us have been blamed for something we ...

On life’s journey, you may be entertaining angels unaware

March 9, 2024 • writing

This Soul Seeing column appeared in the March 9 issue of the National Catholic Reporter: Air travel is not for the faint of heart. Although I don't have ...

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Life in My 60s: Exactly where I’m supposed to be

September 26, 2022 • Life in My 60s

So I'm standing at the start of a new decade today and feeling an overwhelming sense of gratitude, peace, and contentment. I know how blessed I am, and I can ...

From here to eternity

September 23, 2022 • Give Us This Day

When my youngest was in elementary school, she asked about heaven and “eternity.” As I explained our belief that we would one day be with God forever, I was ...

Life in My 50s: That’s a wrap!

September 19, 2022 • Life in My 50s

Just about one decade ago, I began a series of blog posts I labeled "Life in My 50s." When I hit the half-century mark on September 26, 2012, it felt ...

We all need Sabbath: Why quiet isn’t “quitting”

September 2, 2022 • Life Lines

As I sat in my beach chair late last month, toes in the sand and eyes fixed on an endless horizon that gave me the slightest inkling of eternity, I found for ...

A Tale of Two Cities: Chicago and Milwaukee

August 22, 2022 • Travel

In case you missed it, here's my recent travel story for the Albany Times Union. One weekend, two great American cities: As the lazy days of summer wind ...

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, ...

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