NSS Blog

Discovering the Divine in the Everyday

Called Into the Unknown

December 22, 2024 • Give Us This Day

My reflection from today’s Gospel (Luke 1:39-45) in Give Us This Day: As I prepare for an upcoming trip, I’m torn between catching a flight or hopping in the car for a five-hour drive. They’ll take about the same time once you factor in airport time, so ...

No results found.

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 ...

No results found.

9/11: Remembering like it was yesterday

September 11, 2018 • Life Lines

Here’s the Life Lines column I wrote 17 years ago, in the days following 9/11. So much has changed since that time. Our world has changed. My family has ...

Hanging by a thread: What we need our priests and bishops to know right now

August 19, 2018 • Life in My 50s

For the past few weeks, and especially in recent days, I have been hearing from readers of my monthly Life Lines column, from colleagues working for the ...

On a lighter note…

August 9, 2018 • Life in My 50s

This week our diocese held its fourth annual Concert for Vocations, which has become a favorite among the faithful. More than 600 people turned out at St. ...

Miscarriage: Love and loss 20 years later

August 6, 2018 • family

My annual tribute to the baby I lost 20 years ago today, the baby I call Grace: For the past few days I’ve been looking at the numbers on the calendar, ...

McCarrick scandal proves to be a tipping point #timesup #reformthechurch #whoknew

August 4, 2018 • Life Lines

Typically, I post my monthly Life Lines columns here without comment, but there is nothing typical about this column. I wrote it in the wake of the McCarrick ...

Shoes tell a story. A love story.

June 6, 2018 • Life Lines

If eyes are the windows to the soul, I think feet may be the doorway to all understanding. That revelation came to me recently when I was in the front pew of ...

load more posts

No results found.

NSS Blog

Discovering the Divine in the Everyday

Pin It on Pinterest