Examen
Relationships and the Examen
I’ve been lonely lately.
This time of COVID has taken a toll on my relationships. Some are not yet comfortable. Some friends have learned to get along without a social...
Spirituality
Praying the O Antiphons
“O Emmanuel. O God with us.” This is the “O Antiphon,” one of seven, with which we are most familiar, sung in that marvelous hymn, “O Come, O Come,...
Reflections
Quiet Lives
One evening, after the children are asleep and the porch light has been switched on and my husband and I can hear the hum of the dishwasher in the...
Spirituality
Finding God in the Present Moment
I know a woman who used to watch the news religiously. She would get caught up in the latest mandate, scandal, or expose until it took over all her...
Reflections
A Discipline of Noticing
There are lines from a poem by Ted Kooser to his mother that I think about often. In the poem, simply called “Mother,” Kooser grieves after his mother’s death....
Reflections
Middle School
I have two middle-school age sons, and the word of the hour is awkward! They are tired all the time from their ever-morphing bodies. They fall asleep in odd...