We started out on this revolution-not-resolution journey of inner transformation at the beginning of the new year. The plan was to bring some new habits into ...
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Flannery O’Connor, the American Catholic southern gothic writer,
once said, “I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say.”
That line ...
The column originally ran on Huffington Post in 2015, but it's a favorite so here it is one more time, just in time:
Lent is one of those seasons that ...
Ash Wednesday is only four weeks away. I know if feels like we just got through Christmas, but, trust me, Lent will be here before you know it, and wouldn't it ...
Although we’re only one week into our Lenten journey, it feels like we’ve been in this desert for months. At least that’s how it feels to me. Last summer’s ...
By the time we end our Cravings journey in a few weeks, we will be well into Lent. Hard to believe. And yet, the liturgical calendar seems so perfectly timed ...
So this week we delve into our final chapter of Cravings, but that doesn't mean we're done with this topic or this journey. In fact, this is just the beginning. ...
By the time we end our Cravings journey in a few weeks, Lent will be a few days away. Hard to believe, isn't it? And yet, it seems so perfectly timed for this ...
Life begins again today. Even without dying, we feel reborn because we have been given the ultimate second chance. Without earning it, without understanding it, ...
Father forgive them, they know not what they do...
We see Jesus on the cross today and hear him forgiving his persecutors, forgiving us. It is a powerful ...
"So when he had washed their feet and put his garments back on and reclined at table again, he said to them, "Do you realize what I have done for you? You call ...
My reflection from Give Us This Day today:
I’ve always had a tiny bit of a soft spot for Judas Iscariot. I know. It sounds crazy at best, traitorous at worst, ...
We're one week into our season of Lent. How have you been doing with your plans to sacrifice more, give more, pray more? I have to admit, I'm doing just okay. I ...
It's not just what we eat but how we eat. Now and then it's good to take a closer look at the method to our mealtime madness. Do we watch TV while we eat? Check ...
It's a Lenten Manic Monday, and it's going to be a cold one. We're starting at 12 degrees and working our way down to -11 by end of today. That's -11 without ...
So, I walked into my bathroom last night and found this message on my make-up mirror: "You're beautiful!" I smiled because this wasn't just any random note, ...
Every year our family looks forward to participating in the CRS Rice Bowl program, but for the past couple of years our local parish hasn't made the cardboard ...
My Lenten post over at HuffPost Religion:
Lent is one of those seasons that always begins with the best of intentions and rapidly goes downhill, at least ...
If you scroll through Facebook or Twitter today (if you haven't given up social media for Lent), you'll find a minor debate on the blogosphere over whether Ash ...
Peter never really used to be one of my favorites from Scripture, but the older I get, the more beloved he becomes. He gives me comfort because I identify with ...