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Patient Trust and Trees

I stare at the little green shoots on our small and struggling tree and will them to grow faster. Come on, I think. The deer...

Gratitude in the Life of a Catechist

A few years ago, I visited the town in Ireland where my father’s ancestors lived. The cathedral there was built in the 1950s, so...

Finding God with African Djembe Drums

I am a djembefola (one who plays djembe drums). I learned to play these drums (also known as talking drums) at the age of...

You Spot It, You Got It

Recently I read a column in a Catholic publication that was about an important and controversial topic. Yet it was so full of invective...

Why Ask Why?

“Why, God? Why?” I sit at the funeral of a friend who died unexpectedly of a heart attack. Alive one day, gone the next. “Why,...

Friendship with God

I maintain that God—out of the abundance of divine relational life, not any need for us—desires humans into existence for the sake of friendship....

Finding God in Relationships

As much as I love time to contemplate, at the end of an academic year I find that time is often short as I...

What’s Next?

The notion that the spiritual life is a journey is so common that it's a platitude. I worked for years in Catholic publishing. I've...

Love, Relationship, and How We Live

The other day, I was sorting through some old papers and came across the “Fall in Love” prayer by Joseph Whelan, SJ. His thoughts are...

Blessings in Struggles

Sometimes I am frozen in fear by an event that makes me realize how precious and fragile life really is. During these moments, the...

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