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Discovering the Divine in the Everyday

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 the Advent retreat I led this past weekend at the Dominican Retreat & Conference Center in ...

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Recalculating: the story of my spiritual life

January 8, 2017 • Life Lines

I think there are two kinds of people: those who trust their GPS implicitly and those who don’t. I fall into the latter group, always second guessing the ...

Talking about a revolution, with Liz Faublas

January 6, 2017 • Cravings

If you've got three minutes to kill, you can catch my interview with Liz Faublas, the inspiring, funny and fabulous (can't resist) anchor of Currents on ...

Stop being so hard on yourself. Begin again. Always.

January 5, 2017 • Cravings

Hey, Cravings Tribe! So, we are starting Day 4 of our adventure, and I'm guessing that if some of you are anything like me (and I'm secretly hoping you are), ...

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Channeling my inner Georgia O’Keeffe

June 2, 2013 • Uncategorized

I would love to be able to paint a flower in the manner of Georgia O'Keeffe. Actually I'd be happy to paint anything in any manner at all, but that's a blog ...

The yin and yang of me

June 1, 2013 • Uncategorized

I was walking through my kitchen at one point and saw the two items below sitting there on the table, one on top of the other, and I realized that this brief ...

Yogis in the mist

May 31, 2013 • Yoga

Today was a classic case of turning lemons into lemonade. What had at first seemed like a potential inconvenience became a blessing. (more…)

Holy Trinity as model of spiritual friendship

May 26, 2013 • Books

On this Feast of the Holy Trinity, I thought I'd share this excerpt on the ways the Father-Son-Spirit model for us what spiritual friendship and right ...

Pope Francis: We are not meant to be “controllers” of the faith. We are meant to open doors.

May 25, 2013 • Uncategorized

Pope Francis' homily today was so good, I had to post about it immediately. Every time I read something this pope says, it's proof to me the Spirit is alive ...

Soba noodle salad with radishes and snap peas

May 24, 2013 • Food, Uncategorized

This is a yummy salad that's easy to make and really tasty. The last time I made it, we had it alongside some Trader Joe's dumplings and spring rolls. It was ...

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