The Contemplation on the Incarnation and Advent
The Second Week of the Spiritual Exercises begins with a Contemplation on the Incarnation (SE 101–109). The graces we pray for with this meditation...
A Different Kind of Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving will be different this year. As I write this, in early November, the United States is experiencing a new and frightening spike in...
Cobwebs and Cataracts
Joan had cataract surgery. Overnight she developed all kinds of wrinkles. Well, actually, she simply hadn’t seen them before. With her eyesight improved, looking...
Permission to Notice
When I was in Kindergarten, I took the school bus home. The driver dropped me off three blocks away from my house. Since my...
From a Mountain of Trash to Beauty
This morning, my husband, John, and I took a lap around the paved loop that tops a city park not far from where we...
Cherishing Meeting Participants
“Cherish what is simple. Be in awe of what is great.” —Christopher de Vinck in The Center Will Hold
I am sitting in the usual...
A Story of the Simple and Great Hearing Aid
The other day, I ran around the house looking everywhere for my oldest son’s hearing aids. I checked the counter where we normally place...
Harvest Moon
I have always loved the harvest moon. In my two-stoplight hometown, it was always a big event. The rising of this enormous, orange moon...
Everything Is Precious
On errands, during a clear Seattle afternoon, I look out my car window to see an East African mother carrying groceries home with four...
A Bold Invitation from Zephaniah
Sing aloud, O daughter Zion;
shout, O Israel!
Rejoice and exult with all your heart,
O daughter Jerusalem!
The LORD has taken away the judgments against you,
he has...
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