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2026 Retreat Schedule

December 15, 2025 • retreats

Seven opportunities to retreat with me in 2026! So many great locations to choose from: Dominican Retreat Center in Niskayuna x2, Wiawaka on Lake George, Graymoor on the Holy Mountain, Pyramid Life Center in the ADK, Bon Secours in Maryland, and a second ...

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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 ...

9/11: Remembering like it was yesterday

September 11, 2024 • Life Lines

Here’s the Life Lines column I wrote 23 years ago, in the days following 9/11. So much has changed since that time. Our world has changed. My family has ...

Mystical moments in the cheese aisle

August 22, 2024 • Life Lines

On a recent rainy morning, I ventured up to Trader Joe’s on Wolf Road in Albany, armed with a vacation snack wish list from my daughter, Olivia, who would be ...

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In turbulent times, look for the light

December 9, 2022 • Advent, Life Lines

We are approaching the mid-point of Advent, which, of course, includes the lighting of the rose-colored candle in our Advent wreath. It’s not just a pretty ...

We belong to the One who is and was and is to come

December 4, 2022 • Advent

My Catholic News Service column for the Second Sunday of Advent. (The image is me offering an expanded version of this message as a reflection at Mass during ...

Small-but-powerful words

November 24, 2022 • Give Us This Day

Meister Eckhart, the thirteenth-century German priest and mystic, famously wrote, “If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is ‘thank you,’ it ...

What dream have you put on hold? Risk, plan, leap

November 15, 2022 • Life in My 60s

It has been just about one year since I took the leap and gave notice to my full-time job as a Communications Director. It has been about 10 months since I ...

Finding gratitude and grace

November 3, 2022 • Life Lines

This autumn has been a season of deep gratitude and growing awe. Whether it has to do with my age or my circumstances or a combination of both, I ...

A farewell to my ‘home’ newspaper

November 3, 2022 • Life Lines

A few months back, my husband, Dennis, called me from work and said, “I have to tell you something that is going to make you cry.” He followed it immediately ...

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