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More Lay Saints Please

The other day I browsed through Bert Ghezzi's great book Voices of the Saints looking for saints who would inspire kids aged about 10-12--the...

The Life of Pilgrimage

I am in China with my family on a heritage tour, a pilgrimage of sorts.  Those familiar with my book Longing to Love know...

St. Ignatius and the Yoga Center

Growing up Jewish in Northern Jersey, what did I know about St. Ignatius Loyola? Not much. Fast forward to the late 1980s and I'm...

You Are What You Eat

These days I am trying to get my daughters to eat better food than the usual kid fare of mac 'n' cheese, hotdogs, and...

It’s a Mitzvah

Seems to me the word "mitzvah" is being used a lot these days. Usually it shows up in exclamations: "It's a mitzvah." Maybe I'm noticing...

Today’s News . . .

Many years ago, I went on a news fast.  To be more precise, I stopped reading, watching or listening to any and all news...

Prettiest Girl in Town

A while ago I sent this as my first blog posting for dotMagis.  Today there is an update. In December of 2009, I wrote:I...

A Scholar’s Faith

The Jesuit theologian Karl Rahner was once asked in a radio interview why some people didn't experience God.  His response: 'I don't believe you;...

Praying from the Heart

Exaggeration or reality? There's not a person of faith--dead or alive--who hasn't at some point trudged through a desert landscape of dusty dry and...

Tears with an Old Friend

My husband, Jim, and I had traveled to another town and called an old friend - Fr. Dennis, a priest we had known for...

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