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Learning to ride the waves

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 lone surfer out in the mild waves along the North Wildwood coast. Paddling on his board and looking ...
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Spiritual Amnesia

Spiritual Amnesia

May 19, 2025 • Give Us This Day
Published on May 17, 2025, in Give Us This Day: “Seeing is believing,” the old saying goes. Yet in today’s first reading and in the Gospel, those who have ...
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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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