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January 2012

January 02, 2012

Flirting With the Divine

Tell me, is there any January pleasure quite so cozy as retreating to the couch...

December 2011

December 31, 2011

Of Gratitude and New Beginnings

Happy New Year to all readers of The Holy Rover! Several weeks ago I mentioned...

December 22, 2011

Christchurch Cathedral, Waiting to Be Reborn

Today's post is my most recent column for the Episcopal News Service: On a recent...

December 21, 2011

The Creative Darkness

In honor of the winter solstice, let me direct your attention to a lovely meditation...

December 15, 2011

The Portal Between Worlds

At last we come to the end of our Maori tour of New Zealand. You...

December 13, 2011

Hope For the Future

We’re nearly at the end of our Maori tour of New Zealand. Before leaving this...

December 12, 2011

Interconnectedness, Maori-style

Today’s post is by Bob Sessions: One of the reasons I was excited to go...

December 09, 2011

Gods of the Forest

Up to this point I’ve said very little about a central feature of traditional Maori...

December 07, 2011

Remembering the Whales

Today we move to Gisborne, a community on the east coast of New Zealand’s North...

December 06, 2011

Strong Maori Women

One more post about our wonderful experience with TIME Unlimited on the island of Waiheke...

December 05, 2011

At the Marae

Some of you have perhaps seen the beautifully carved Maori marae, or meeting house, in...

December 02, 2011

Welcome, Maori Style

Let me show you a little video illustrating the warm, understated welcome that is traditionally...

December 01, 2011

Maori Renaissance

I traveled to New Zealand to attend a meeting of the Society of American Travel...

November 2011

November 30, 2011

The Land of the Long White Cloud

You probably think it’s easy being a travel writer—the trips, the food, the adventures, the...

November 25, 2011

The Mother of All Virtues

When I've recommended a book on this blog, it's always been one that I've personally...

November 22, 2011

Giving Thanks, Then and Now

The Holy Rover has been largely silent for the past month, thanks to a trip...

November 01, 2011

El Dia de Muertos

Today is All Saints Day in the Christian liturgical calendar. In the Episcopal Church, the...

October 2011

October 20, 2011

Of Humpback Whales and Empty Nests

I remember vividly the first day I spent alone with my oldest son. My husband...

October 14, 2011

Why We Need To Slow Down

We have to slow down, because we do not have much time. ...

October 13, 2011

Learning from Mortality

Amid the deluge of news coverage after Steve Jobs’ death, most interesting to me were...

October 11, 2011

The Ghosts of Salem

Today's post is my monthly column for the Episcopal News Service (which will be familiar...

October 04, 2011

A Final Image for Prayer

Let me end this little jaunt through prayer by telling you about a wonderful presentation...

October 03, 2011

Prayer, for Better and Worse

I teased you by saying that I’d be writing today about “How to Build a...

October 01, 2011

When Prayer Becomes Controversial

While hundreds of studies provide evidence that spirituality can improve our physical and mental health,...

September 2011

September 30, 2011

Prayer Under the Microscope

While theologians and religious leaders have long pondered questions about prayer, it wasn’t until relatively...

September 29, 2011

Pondering Prayer

I mentioned several months ago that I had an assignment to write a magazine article...

September 26, 2011

The Distilled Essence of Bob

When I first met my husband, Bob, one of the things that I found most...

September 25, 2011

On the Rim of the Canyon

Today’s post is my monthly column for the Episcopal News Service, reprinted below: On a recent...

September 16, 2011

The Witches of Salem Today

There's a certain amount of irony in the fact that while Salem's infamous reputation was...

September 15, 2011

Remembering the Trials

Salem honors the memory of the Witch Trials in a variety of ways. Its most...

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