NSS Blog

Discovering the Divine in the Everyday

A reason to hope

May 11, 2026 • Give Us This Day

My May 10 reflection for Give Us This Day: "Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope." — 1Pt 3:15 This line from today’s second reading stopped me up short. What, if asked, would be my explanation, my ...

No results found.

Not Strictly Spiritual celebrates 18 years

January 24, 2026 • Cravings Tribe

It was 18 years ago today — on the Feast of St. Francis de Sales, patron saint of journalists — that I launched this blog. (You can read my original blog ...

Broken, beautiful & beloved

January 21, 2026 • Life Lines

Several years ago, when I was on a retreat in the Green Mountains of Vermont, the leader — after guiding us through a powerful meditation and reflection — ...

When nothing is ordinary about Ordinary Time

January 15, 2026 • Life Lines

As we settle back into Ordinary Time in our liturgical calendar, it strikes me as a more challenging task this time around. It’s not hard to see that there ...

No results found.

Learning to ride the waves

August 28, 2025 • Life Lines

On a recent vacation to the Jersey Shore, I sat on my prayer cushion with a clear view of the Atlantic Ocean. As I settled into my sacred space, I spied a ...

Miscarriage: love and loss 27 years later

August 6, 2025 • grief

My annual tribute to the baby I lost 27 years ago today, the baby I call Grace: For the past few days I’ve been looking at the numbers on the calendar, ...

Staircase to heaven

July 24, 2025 • Life Lines

I have been blessed to go on numerous visits to the beautiful city of Rome, and each time I visited, I ran the gauntlet of typical tourist and pilgrim ...

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 ...

Sacred Heart and the path of love

June 11, 2025 • Life Lines

Growing up in the 1960s and ’70s, our home was adorned with a large portrait of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The same one hung in my grandmother’s home. Back ...

Remembering Joan of Arc

May 30, 2025 • saints

Happy Feast of St. Joan of Arc! When I was in a difficult stretch a few years back, Joan of Arc became my guide and inspiration. I had the image you see ...

load more posts

No results found.

NSS Blog

Discovering the Divine in the Everyday

Pin It on Pinterest