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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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Called Into the Unknown

December 22, 2024 • Give Us This Day

My reflection from today’s Gospel (Luke 1:39-45) in Give Us This Day: As I prepare for an upcoming trip, I’m torn between catching a flight or hopping in ...

Savoring the Sacred

December 18, 2024 • Advent, retreats

If you missed the online Advent mini-retreat I offered in collaboration with Give Us This Day, you can watch the replay here. I share tips that are helpful ...

5 Ways to Make Advent More Serene and Less Stressful

December 2, 2024 • Advent

We're only a few days into Advent, and most of us have been bombarded by so much Christmas music and Christmas advertising and Christmas everything that ...

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Life in my 60s: Redefining ‘Strong’ (Podcast)

April 21, 2023 • podcasts

Hitting the last third of life can be a shock to the system, but, if we're open and willing to bend with the changes rather than push back against them, ...

Times Union interview: moving toward the joy of Easter

April 10, 2023 • Uncategorized

On Holy Saturday the Albany Times Union featured an interview with me on the sacred time between Lent and Easter and the joy we await in this 50-day season. ...

God is our everywhere, our everything

April 7, 2023 • Life Lines

At this point in the season, we’re past our Lenten promises — many of them unfulfilled — and wondering if we’ve allowed ourselves to be changed at all during ...

Does doubt have a place in a life of faith?

April 4, 2023 • podcasts

I think we imagine that if we are truly faithful, we will never have doubts about our faith, but that's not the case. Not only is it normal to have doubts, ...

Dwelling in the ‘House of the Lord’

April 3, 2023 • spirituality

I woke up in the middle of the night with this psalm verse running through my head. This is not one of my "favorite" psalms and this sort of thing does not ...

The snares of the enemy

March 31, 2023 • Give Us This Day

My Give Us This Day reflection on today's Scripture readings: Jeremiah 20:10-13 and John 10: 31-42. You can find the readings HERE. Vengeance takes center ...

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