Outward and Visible Signs of Friendship
Saint Aelred of Rievaulx is known for his work on spiritual friendship.
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Tabitha’s Encouragement
When I reflect on Tabitha, I think of the many things that have died, literally and metaphorically, in the last few years.
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Dual Feelings
This summer, I have learned a lot about how to hold contrasting feelings: joy and sadness, excitement and anxiety, even fear and courage.
Gentle Mary
In the early months of the pandemic, locked down with my young children in a too small city row house with no real backyard to speak of, I found myself losing my patience, something already in short supply, much like milk, diapers, and grocery delivery slots.
A New Season and a New Reality
Are you noticing just how different the world is around you?
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Every Last Thing is a Season
This Easter I am practicing resurrection. I am practicing hope. I am practicing knowing that no matter how bad it gets there is redemption, even after death.
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The Parable of the Good Parent
Today we celebrate the Feast of the Annunciation, the moment when God sends an angel to a young, unknown, unimportant Jewish woman to announce that she will bear the Savior.
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Tired and thirsty in another pandemic winter
I meet Photine in her slumped shoulders.
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Fostering Faith Formation at Home during Lent
The complete list of activities and supplies included with our church’s Lent at Home kit.
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Hallowing the Change
Our son’s first tooth fell out this past week.
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