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Not called to be the GOAT

November 25, 2023 • Give Us This Day

My latest reflection from Give Us This Day, based on the readings for the day: Jesus doles out some tough love in today’s Gospel, which echoes the equally tough love offered by the prophet Ezekiel. Don’t get me wrong, Christ the King coming to lead his ...

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Finding God in the land of the ‘Nones’

January 14, 2020 • Life Lines

I traveled to Seattle a few weeks ago to give a parish retreat at St. Monica’s Church on Mercer Island. Long before I boarded the plane for my first ...

Seattle snapshot: Advent 101

December 16, 2019 • retreats

A very brief invitation to my Seattle Advent retreat. My first time in the Pacific Northwest. I loved it, and I found a spiritual vibe everywhere — at Pike ...

Don’t wait. Say yes.

December 8, 2019 • Life Lines

I first got to know Sister Johanne McCarthy, C.S.J., about 18 months ago when she wrote to complain that our Albany diocesan newspaper wasn’t giving ...

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A Moveable Feast: finding family far from home

November 6, 2014 • Italy Pilgrimage 2014, Life Lines, Travel

It's been almost three weeks since I returned from Italy, and I still haven't managed to write any posts about the experience or trade my Euro for U.S. ...

What would you change about your body?

November 5, 2014 • Cravings, Life in My 50s

I saw this last night on a friend's Facebook page (Thanks, Flo) and had to share. It's another one of those things that just hit home. It reminded me of the ...

News flash: Pope Francis isn’t saying anything new

October 28, 2014 • Uncategorized

I've kept quiet through a lot of the ridiculous stuff that goes on out there in the media world lately. To be honest, I just don't have it in me anymore to ...

Pilgrimage: A journey of the heart and soul

October 5, 2014 • Travel

It’s easy to romanticize the idea of a pilgrimage, to turn it into something larger than life, something we think we can experience only when have the money, ...

“Learning to Pray in Scripture” a practical prayer tool

October 2, 2014 • book review

Author Stephen Binz combines the ancient practice of Lectio Divina with theology, history, and Scripture as it relates to the Catholic Mass in a ...

Wisdom Wednesday: Heart of Darkness

October 1, 2014 • spirituality

Today's Wisdom Wednesday is brought to you by Thomas Merton: “At the center of our being is a point of nothingness which is untouched by sin and by ...

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