Last night a friend invited me to join her at the nearby Dominican Retreat and Conference Center in Niskayuna for vespers sung in the spirit of Taize, a prayer ...
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Lessons from the monastics via Everyday Divine:
Start to look at the "life-rhythm" of your day. Is it totally out of balance, with most of your time spent ...
When I returned from my first silent retreat several years ago, I realized that my automatic response upon getting into the car was to turn up the radio. Loud. ...
"And everyone who listens to these words of mine but does not act on them will be like a fool who built his house on sand.” Matthew 7:26
The majestic ...
"Your mission today, should you decide to accept it, is to start looking at your world through rose-colored glasses. Rather than focus on the crabgrass that's ...
When I wrote my last book, Everyday Divine: A Catholic Guide to Active Spirituality, my original plan was to develop some videos and other helpful tools to help ...
Isn’t it amazing how riding a bike is like…well…riding a bike? You really don’t forget. After not owning a bike for decades, not doing any serious riding save ...
My May Life Lines column, running in the current issue of Catholic New York:
Back when I was young, my mother would take me over to the chapel at St. Aedan’s ...
I realized yesterday that I'm a bit like a homing pigeon when it comes to visiting New York. No matter where I am in Manhattan, I always end up back at St. ...
"You Can't Fail Lent: Learning to see these 40 days as journey, not a test." That's what I'll be talking about on Wednesday, April 2, when I head to Darien, ...
I've been ruminating on this topic -- What are you feeding? -- for a while in my private time because I think it's a pretty big deal. If we feed our fears, if ...
Ever since I first came in contact with the writings of Thomas Merton about 28 years ago, he has spoken to me. I know I'm not alone there. Countless people of ...
I love to rake. I love everything about it -- the sound of the rake scratching against the earth, the smell of the autumn air, the pre-winter peacefulness that ...
Well, I didn't plan for this confluence of events, but, as is often the case, the Spirit took care of that for me. Today I'll be out in Canandaigua, New York, ...
When I sat down to blog about Pope Francis' interview with America magazine, I started and deleted the post three times. Finally I decided that I have very ...
I am so honored and humbled by the many, many prayer requests that have come pouring in from friends on Facebook. I asked people to send me their special ...
So yesterday I wrote a deeply personal post about my recent spiritual struggles and my feelings of hope upon seeing Pope Francis step onto the balcony. I felt ...
My current Life Lines column from Catholic New York:
What is it about the darkness that makes normal things seem a little scarier and scary things seem ...
This month, I'm the featured contributor over at My Daily Visitor, a publication of Our Sunday Vistor. Every day you can find a brief reflection on the day's ...
How are you waiting today? Are you rushing from store to store trying to finish up your shopping? Are you preparing food for a big family dinner? Are you ...