Gratitude on the Difficult Days
My husband has a habit that I find both irritating and wise all at once. When I come home after a really bad day...
You Are a Child of God Too
Last night, my seven-year-old son struggled to fall asleep. He came into our room about a half hour after we tucked him in to...
Marriage as Conversion
A member of Contemplative Leaders in Action, my former student E. writes a lovely blog, A Call to Joy. In light of recent news about...
Thoughts about the Imagination and Narrative
Storytelling is crucial to how we as human beings make meaning of our lives. Ricoeur observed that while life is simply lived, we attempt...
Rocking Babies in Church
My husband and I were at Mass on Saturday night and during the opening hymn, I noticed the woman in the pew ahead of...
The Greatest Super Power Ever
On a lark, I forwarded an e-mail quiz entitled “20 Things You Never Knew About Me” to several friends. With 20 questions ranging from...
September’s Fresh Start
September really is the best month of the year. With September comes that crisp, fresh air with a slight chill in its breath, whispering...
Choose Values, Not Sides
On the night of a particularly painful news story of a bombing in a UN-protected school in Gaza filled with refugees, I was scrolling...
Forgiveness, Transformation, and Mercy
Mercy seems to be a recurring theme in my prayer. But what is mercy really? What does it mean when we say God is...
Paris and the Magis
It’s hard to pray with your eyes closed in Paris. Every church I set foot in egged me on to open my eyes and...