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January 2015

January 16, 2015

Going Home By Another Way

As always, the story of the Wise Ones, the Magi, who usher us into the...

November 2014

November 20, 2014

Two Hopes for Advent: Books that Inspire

I have been privileged to review two very worthy and helpful books for Advent for...

November 16, 2014

Invitations on the Journey: Keep Moving

Often on a journey, geographical or spiritual, I am tempted to say, "This is so...

October 2014

October 16, 2014

Invitations on the Journey: Gratitude

When I travel, a list often accompanies me--things to pack, things to see, tastes to...

August 2014

August 23, 2014

Blessing–an Active Verb!

I know that I am blessed! Early in my life my younger brother and I...

July 2014

July 09, 2014

Focus

I am having a hard time focusing this summer! Even though I am no longer...

June 2014

June 13, 2014

Why I Do Pray and Read the Bible–Much! A Response to Ellen Painter Dollar

Ellen Painter Dollar is one of my favorite colleagues in the Patheos family of writers....

April 2014

April 05, 2014

Revisiting GracePlaces: Loving the World-Lent V

My early beginnings taught me to distrust the world. I spent some years of my...

February 2014

February 23, 2014

The True Course of Long Love

I have just returned from an annual retreat with women who have been convening to...

January 2014

January 18, 2014

How Can I Keep From Singing?

The week has been full of stories of grief and sadness. The conversations have teemed...

January 04, 2014

Epiphany: A Star and a Dream

Those who were Wise started out with mind and heart fixed on a Star. They...

December 2013

December 14, 2013

Preparing the Way: Silence

Advent III: Let all mortal flesh keep silence, and with fear and trembling stand; ponder...

November 2013

November 22, 2013

Gratefulness for Things Unseen

When I sit down to eat with my beloved ones, we always begin by going...

November 09, 2013

Humble Pie

Humility is a spiritual quality for which I have never prayed! As a woman I...

September 2013

September 20, 2013

Mapping Our Lives: Reviewing “The Geography of Memory”

In my reading one of my beloved teachers-from-books, Joyce Rupp, I find these words in...

September 13, 2013

Atchison Blue: A Book Review

The quest for a place of Spirit and a community of sacred conversation is a...

July 2013

July 14, 2013

Acquainted with Sorrow

Since my summer practice is to be present, I cannot avoid being present to the...

July 06, 2013

Talking the Talk

A gift of summer that comes to me is leisurely time for sacred conversation. In...

June 2013

June 14, 2013

Practicing Presence

I am so easily distracted! I find it so hard to be where I am...

June 01, 2013

Eyes of the Heart: A Book Review

Eyes of the Heart by Christine Valters Paintner A Book Review Here is a welcome...

May 2013

May 23, 2013

Surprising Spirit!

Pentecost came this Sunday! I have been eager for its celebration this year, but I...

April 2013

April 20, 2013

Eastertide III-V: Going Places

The post-Easter stories of the gospels are about moving out. Jesus tells his loved ones...

April 10, 2013

Eastertide II: What is Blooming

My garden is a riot of color! My roses are blooming and blossoming in celebration...

March 2013

March 27, 2013

Holy Week: Staying Empty

Some closets are rearranged with things easier to find. Some drawers have order so that...