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Discovering the Divine in the Everyday

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 packed up and vacated the gorgeous office I had at 40 North Main here in Albany. At the time, I ...

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Entering Advent, sometimes kicking and screaming

November 30, 2016 • Advent, family

If you've been a reader of this blog since the early days, you know my family has had some Advent struggles over the years. There was the time we needed to ...

An ‘attitude of gratitude’ can reshape your life

November 12, 2016 • Life Lines

German mystic Meister Eckhart once said, “If the only prayer you said your whole life was ‘thank you,’ that would suffice.” Gratitude has that kind of ...

Yoga, the True Self, and fear of change

October 30, 2016 • Yoga

Three times in my life -- three, count 'em -- I have either started to train as a yoga teacher (back in Austin in the 1980s), started the application process ...

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A beautiful Confirmation guide, gift, and keepsake

April 7, 2013 • Uncategorized

My son, Noah, will be making his Confirmation next weekend, and all through his preparation I was wishing I had something that would focus specifically on ...

Is Jesus getting crowded out by complaints?

April 5, 2013 • Uncategorized

If you frequent this blog, you know I complain. A lot. Here I mostly complain about the fact that my spiritual life is dry and God won’t send me a sign and ...

Foodie Friday: Last Chance Vegetable Soup

April 5, 2013 • Food

It's been pretty chilly around here these days, and so I hunkered down and made what I hope is the last big batch of wintry veggie soup before we set our ...

He is risen. Allelluia!

March 31, 2013 • faith

"Why do you look for the living among the dead. He is not here; he is risen." Luke 24:5-6 Indeed, he is risen. Alleluia, Alleluia!

Holy Saturday: Waiting in the shadows

March 30, 2013 • faith, Lent

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 ...

We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you…

March 29, 2013 • faith

Because by your holy cross, you have redeemed the world. Just back from Stations of the Cross at the beautiful Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in ...

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