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Manna, Loaves, and Fish(sticks)
I used to love cooking dinner. No one in my family was ever much of a chef, let alone a "foodie," and it wasn't until I was out on my...
You Are My Father
A seasoned retreat preacher once told me times of intense encounter with God like retreat or our daily times of prayer train us to live in the presence of the...
Benediction
When I was in high school, I attended a weekly meeting of my parish’s youth group. At the end of every meeting, our pastor, an older Irish priest, would make...
What it (Really) Looks Like to Keep the Sabbath
When I was a first-year high school teacher, I was very busy. Most mornings I would leave the house at 6am with my housemate (a fellow teacher) and drive the...
If You Don't Want To, Here's How To
From time to time, I get a case of the "I don't wanna" when I think about the adult responsibilities on my plate. I don't want to spend an hour...
A Bent-Necked People
In today’s First Reading, Moses refers to his fellow Israelites as “stiff-necked.” Picture someone with a stiff neck—chin up, stubborn, proud! This was the wickedness and sin that was rampant...
Give Me Only Your Love
The gentle warmth of the May sun shines upon my face. I cannot help but smile. My heart knows a deep peace in this moment—that abiding peace which only Christ...
What Makes My To-Do List
The kitchen door bangs as my daughter appears in flip flops and a well-loved ballet tutu, cheeks flushed, a large bunch of dandelions gripped in her sweaty hand. “I brought...
Turn It into Love, My Friend
My day is filled with countless opportunities for sacrifice, for prayer, and for love. It is also filled with opportunities for grumbling and pessimism, self-pity and regret. The funny thing...
Less is More
More. It’s a dirty word for me. I suppose it came to be so from knowing so well the weighty burden of less. “Less is more,” they say. But I...
Cultivating Fertile Soil in Your Soul
Gardening season is in full swing where I live. That means many hours spent outside ripping out weeds, amending soil, and furrowing rows to begin the many months process of...
Let Go and Grow
There are times when I feel like a circus performer, tossing balls in the air and hoping I don’t drop any of the glass ones . . . or walking...
