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    Reflections

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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
    What have I done for Christ? What am I doing for Christ? What ought I do for Christ?

    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...
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    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...

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