Real Presents (Part I)
Just when I'm almost certain that church-the-building is one of the last places I'll encounter God's grace, I receive evidence to the contrary.
Being a...
On the Move with God
God doesn't move, we do. I've heard this aphorism for years and am currently experiencing this bit of wisdom big time. God doesn't move,...
Love Lives in the Details
Until I dive right into a situation, I will never understand how to love the people who live there.
As a writer, I could talk...
What's Next?
The notion that the spiritual life is a journey is so common that it's a platitude. I've worked for years in Catholic publishing. I've seen...
What I Think about When I Don't Have to Think
A while ago I decided to stop trying to make big changes. They were too hard. I thought I'd concentrate on making small changes,...
Staring Our Way to Recognition
Have you ever seen something that you could not identify as anything familiar, and so all you could do was stare at it in...
Visits with My Mother
In the US on Sunday, we will celebrate Mother's Day. I have been thinking of my mother a lot lately, maybe because this is...
Washing Feet
My parish did something different with the foot washing ceremony last Holy Thursday. Instead of the priest washing the feet of twelve parishioners (often...
Pay Attention!
When I was in grade school, I was a daydreamer. I could get lost in the view out of the classroom window, in the...
Waiting in the Dark
My sister and her husband, who live in Oregon, had their inaugural bike ride of the season yesterday. She wrote that the sun was...
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