“Red, green, or Christmas?” our waiter asks. Sensing we’re not from Santa Fe, he points to our menu’s illustrations of chilis. He gestures, “mixed.” We...

Lenten Read-Along: Thin Places and Soul Friends

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Thin spaces exist not just outside us but also within us. Our souls are the places that hold our light. A soul friendship is...

Sharing the Wisdom: What I Learned from a Friend About the Gift of Presence

People Rebecca Ruiz

I can’t remember exactly when we met her. We had arrived in the snowy tundra in January of my fifth-grade year. I know it...

Sharing the Wisdom: What I Learned from My Grandfather About Courage and Nature

People Marina Berzins McCoy

When I was a child, my brother and I spent long summers with my grandparents on their retirement farm outside of Cornwall, Ontario. My...

Sharing the Wisdom: What I Learned from My Grandfather About Art and Dreams

People Gretchen Crowder

“Boys, stop throwing that ball in this room! I have one room of nice things. One. Go play somewhere else!” I screamed as I...

Answering God’s Call

People dotMagis Editor

Author Barbara Lee’s new book, Answering God's Call: A Scripture-Based Journey for Older Adults, focuses on listening for God’s call in the later years...

Our Neighbor

People Shemaiah Gonzalez

Someone we love is dying. Our neighbor is near 90. Her body has been slowing down for a while now. We are not surprised,...

Lessons in Hope and Courage: Las Hermanas Dominicas of Puerto Rico

People Tim Muldoon

On the eve of the pandemic lockdown last year, I was visiting a congregation of Dominican nuns whose story I have held close to...

Alfred Delp, SJ, on December 8, 1944

People Mary Frances Coady

On the morning of December 8, 1944, the 37-year-old German Jesuit Alfred Delp, who had been imprisoned for anti-Nazi activities, received a lightly coded...