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Wisdom from an Empty Nest

Melinda LeBlanc

It was nearing the end of a weekend-long conference that, with the help of several others, I had planned and directed. Despite the fact...

Strengthening Your Spiritual Life

Vinita Hampton Wright

A healthy and vital spirituality defines who we are and helps us to grow and develop along the way of faith. The way we...

Conversations from Reading with Children

Loretta Pehanich

Conversations with children can cycle from hilarious to inspirational to challenging. When my son was in preschool, I told him once that I’d slept badly....

Buttercups and Prayer

Marina Berzins McCoy

The other morning, my husband and I were walking at the park, taking in all the sights of plants and flowers and the sounds...

Hope and the Common Good

Lisa Kelly

There is a scene in the movie The Shawshank Redemption in which the two main characters, both prisoners in the 1950s, debate about hope....

Act Against the Creative Censor

Eric Clayton

We are made in the image and likeness of our God who creates. It doesn’t matter if we don’t make our living writing, painting,...

No Patience

Gretchen Crowder

I am not a patient person. I like to act quickly and want everything and everyone to act just as quickly as I do. Perhaps...

God in the Details

Shemaiah Gonzalez

Once when I was a little girl, I walked by the front door to our house and noticed a shaft of light shining through...

A New Phase of Inner Growth

dotMagis Editor

Sometimes it takes a bolt of lightning to release our creativity and kick-start the emergence of a new way of thinking or doing or...

Hope and a Call for Change

Rebecca Ruiz

As a spiritual director, I have the great privilege to accompany individuals on their spiritual journeys. Some of the people that I accompany serve...

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