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Miscarriage: love and loss 27 years later

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, growing more and more introspective as we inched closer to August 6. It was 27 years ago today that ...
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A Church of Both/And

A Church of Both/And

May 15, 2025 • Life Lines
When the white smoke appeared in St. Peter’s Square, the frenzy of the crowd could be felt from across the ocean and through our TV screen. Even without ...
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Savoring the Sacred

Savoring the Sacred

December 18, 2024 • Advent, retreats
If you missed the online Advent mini-retreat I offered in collaboration with Give Us This Day, you can watch the replay here. I share tips that are helpful ...
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Waiting Without Hope

Waiting Without Hope

November 27, 2024 • Life Lines
When I was approaching my 60th birthday a couple of years ago, I decided to have two words from my favorite psalm tattooed on my left arm. “Be still,” it ...
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The thing with feathers

The thing with feathers

October 23, 2024 • Life Lines
It was a beautiful October morning, and I was seated in a jam-packed St. Peter’s Square waiting for Pope Francis to begin Mass on the Feast of the Guardian ...
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Don’t shut down wonder

Don’t shut down wonder

September 12, 2024 • Life Lines
When I initially developed the Stillpoint Retreat, which I have led at Pyramid Life Center for six years and counting, my hope was to give people a space ...
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