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Discovering the Divine in the Everyday

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 a fear of flying, I do have a fear of pretty much everything else involved: getting through ...

The Risk of Christmas

December 22, 2023 • Advent

A Christmas poem written by Madeleine L'Engle in 1973 but sounding incredibly timely for all of us living in a troubled world today: This is no time for a ...

The uncomfortable reality of the Advent message

December 12, 2023 • Life Lines

The Advent season — with its message to “Be watchful! Be alert!” — felt uncomfortably timely for me this year. Coming off a recent health scare, I have been ...

Not called to be the GOAT

November 25, 2023 • Give Us This Day

My latest reflection from Give Us This Day, based on the readings for the day: Jesus doles out some tough love in today’s Gospel, which echoes the equally ...

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 ...

Stillpoint Retreat: Creating calm amid life’s chaos

July 12, 2023 • retreats

The world moves at breakneck speed and expects us to do the same. Why not step outside the chaos and give yourself a weekend to nourish body, mind, and soul? ...

Be like Joan of Arc. Be who you are called to be.

May 30, 2023 • 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 ...

Visio Divina: seeing with the eyes of love

May 4, 2023 • Life Lines

One warm-and-sunny weekday recently, I took advantage of a canceled work appointment and headed to Five Rivers Environmental Center, just a short drive from ...

Life in my 60s: Redefining ‘Strong’ (Podcast)

April 21, 2023 • podcasts

Hitting the last third of life can be a shock to the system, but, if we're open and willing to bend with the changes rather than push back against them, ...

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