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November 2014

November 05, 2014

Hopes for Mother and Daughters: A Reflection on Love Will Steer Me True by Jane and Ellen Knuth

As a mother of an adult daughter who does not share my spiritual practices, I...

September 2014

September 17, 2014

Finding a Sacred Rhythm: Response to The Sacred Year by Michael Yankoski

As a spiritual director, I am always pleased to encounter a book that describes and...

September 01, 2014

“Give Me Jesus:” A Reflection on Benjamin L. Corey’s Undiluted

As I read Undiluted by Benjamin L. Corey, I kept hearing an old African-American spiritual...

July 2014

July 17, 2014

Wrestling with Desire–A Book Reflection

A Reflection on Teach Us To Want by Jen Pollock Michel I am always delighted...

June 2014

June 07, 2014

A Long Loving Look at Slow Church

A Long Loving Look at Slow Church, by C. Christopher Smith and John Pattison I am...

March 2014

March 20, 2014

Ignited by SACRED FIRE: a Book Review

What a gift to discover this book in the middle of Lent! Ronald Rolheiser, Roman...

March 06, 2014

An Invitation to Stillness: Book Review of Be Still and Know

An Invitation to Stillness: Book Review of Be Still and Know by Norris J. Chumley...

February 2014

February 28, 2014

Joyful News for Women and Men: Jesus Feminist, A Review

A Joyful Invitation to Women and Men: a Review of Jesus Feminist by Sarah Bessey...

December 2013

December 12, 2013

All Will Be Well: A Book Review

Book Review for The Showings of Julian of Norwich: A New Translation by Mirabai Star...

October 2013

October 18, 2013

Speaking the Truth for Love

Reflections on The Dave Test by Frederick W. Schmidt I welcomed this book into my...

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...

June 2013

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...

February 2013

February 12, 2013

Traveling Companions

Tomorrow we begin a Lenten journey. Following a model of Jesus and a tradition of...