My Give Us This Day reflection on today’s Scripture readings. You can find the readings HERE.
A friend and I were discussing the problem of letting our faith remain in our heads rather than letting it settle into our hearts and lives. When we remain too ...
A few years ago, I was asked to write an essay for the Soul Seeing column that appears regularly in the National Catholic Reporter. That essay turned into a ...
Although I have had a lifelong struggle with the Rosary—I’ve always considered myself Rosary-challenged—I started praying this prayer more frequently of ...
Hail to the Morning
There will be something,
anguish or elation,
that is peculiar to this day alone.
I rise from sleep and say:
Hail to the morning!
Come ...
About five for six years ago, I kept bumping into St. Francis de Sales. He seemed to show up at every turn in my reading and writing. That's when I first ...
Summer vacation STILL hasn't started for us. A few more days of school before the kids are free and we sit down to make our annual Beach Bucket List. Noah is ...
Dennis and I decided we wanted a romantic night away from home, but with three kids and busy schedules, we didn't see how that was going to happen any time ...
I've decided to continue our Lucinda Williams theme by choosing her song "Blue" as our Wednesday Wisdom. One of the few "poems" I've written in my life is ...
When I moved to Austin, Texas, the first time... (I actually moved there twice, first in 1988 and again in 1995. Almost moved there a third time. It's that ...
My June Life Lines column, running in the current issue of Catholic New York:
When you sign onto Facebook to check out your friend’s latest vacation photos ...
