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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 Angels. As I sat between my husband and son — surrounded by other pilgrims from our diocese who ...

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Change and Challenge: New podcast is up. Finally!

February 15, 2022 • Life in My 50s

The podcast returns — finally! — with Episode 5 exploring change and the challenges that come with it, even when we want that change. Transformation is never ...

Lost Generations? No one to blame but ourselves

February 10, 2022 • Life Lines

Back when my husband, Dennis, and I were teaching a two-year confirmation prep program at our parish in upstate New York, I wrote a column saying that when I ...

Registration is open for Stillpoint Retreat Sept. 9-11

January 31, 2022 • retreats

Registration is now open for the annual Stillpoint Retreat at Pyramid Life Center to be held Friday, Sept. 9, through Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. Spots are ...

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We are one

December 9, 2017 • Life Lines

We live in a divided world, where our differences are driving a wedge between us, creating an ever-widening chasm that threatens to cut us off from each ...

Self-care: Getting an expensive wake-up call

November 27, 2017 • Cravings, Life in My 50s

When I gave up my home-based business to start working in an outside office full time more than two years ago, I gave up a lot more than writing in my ...

Everything is blessing. Yes, even that.

November 20, 2017 • Life in My 50s, Life Lines

'Tis the season to give thanks, but what if we change things up a bit this time around? It could be a gratitude throw down of epic proportions, if we all ...

With every step, say, “Jesus”

October 13, 2017 • Life Lines, retreats

I was recently sitting in a log-cabin chapel on a beautiful lake in the lower Adirondack Mountains when the woman next to me offered a prayer intention ...

Spiritual medicine from a wise Trappist monk

September 2, 2017 • Life Lines

The past few months have been quite a spiritual roller-coaster for me due to an experience in early summer that pushed me past the breaking point. I couldn’t ...

Join me for a weekend retreat at Pyramid Life Center

August 13, 2017 • retreats

If you're within driving distance of New York's Capital Region and/or the lower Adirondacks, you are within retreat range! There are still a few more spots ...

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