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March 2015

March 07, 2015

Spiritual Life is Not About Pushing

We are told we need to push ourselves to become our best. Making a difference in...

February 2015

February 28, 2015

Putting Spiritual Life in Writing

I belong to a liturgical church. We divide our years into liturgical season. A new...

February 21, 2015

Starting to Write for Lent

I belong to a liturgical church. We divide our years into liturgical seasons. A new season,...

February 14, 2015

Spiritual Life is Full of Love

We hear people say spiritual life is all about love. We believe it, but it...

February 07, 2015

Spiritual Life is About Connection

There are times when we become disconnected and alone. Even in a group of people, or in...

January 2015

January 31, 2015

Spiritual Life Shows Us Who We Are

We are skillful at hiding from ourselves. We sail along, riding across the surface of...

January 24, 2015

Spiritual Life is Waking Up

For a long time, years and years, I was asleep to myself. I did what...

January 17, 2015

Spiritual Life Turns Truths into Action

There are people who believe that spiritual life is about having good intentions. I know...

January 11, 2015

Book Review: Fight Back With Joy

Margaret Feinberg is a strong woman, a fighter. I first met Margaret a few years...

January 10, 2015

Spiritual Life is Beyond Time

It feels like we are always running out of time. The present rushes into the...

January 03, 2015

Spiritual Life is Fed in Stillness

It is the beginning of a new year. We have parades and other special events....

December 2014

December 27, 2014

Spiritual Life is Everywhere

We seem to believe that spiritual life is stronger in some places than others. Some people experience churches,...

December 20, 2014

Advent is About Hope

Advent is a gift to us when hope is in short supply. Each year as the nights...

December 13, 2014

Advent is About Preparation

Spiritual life often catches us by surprise. We are following our routine, minding our own...

December 06, 2014

Advent is About Anticipation

We live in a time which does not do anticipation well. We want our gratification,...

November 2014

November 30, 2014

Advent is About Making a Fresh Start

Spiritual life is a series of fresh starts, new beginnings. Some people think that spiritual...

November 22, 2014

Spiritual Life Runs Deep

Spiritual life makes eye contact. Spiritual life does not look away, and we see ourselves...

November 15, 2014

Spiritual Life is a Breath of Fresh Air

There have been times when spiritual life felt like holding my breath. We do not...

November 08, 2014

Spiritual Life Grows in the Dark

We tend to be afraid of what is waiting for us, hiding in the dark....

November 01, 2014

Silence Feeds Spiritual Life

There was a time when it seemed to me that spiritual life was all about words....

October 2014

October 25, 2014

Spiritual Life is Not Spooky

We are comfortable around things we can observe and explain. We rely on our ability to...

October 18, 2014

Spiritual Life Takes Time

We want spiritually rich lives, and we want them now! We do not want to...

October 11, 2014

Spiritual Life is Serious

It is easy for us to ignore, get distracted, or procrastinate about spiritual life. Spiritual life...

October 04, 2014

Spiritual Life is Infinite and Intimate

Some people see spiritual life as enormous. They experience spiritual life as about absolute, universal truths. Even when...

September 2014

September 27, 2014

Spiritual Life Grows in Love

Spiritual life is all about love. Love is the seed of spiritual life, and the...

September 20, 2014

Spiritual Life is Everyday Life

We believe, deep inside, that spiritual life only happens in certain places, when we act in certain ways....

September 13, 2014

Spiritual Life is About Finding Joy

Spiritual life is not a pill we take to make us happy. Spiritual life does...

September 07, 2014

Book Review: If Nuns Ruled the World

Jo Piazza is not a nun. She states clearly in If Nuns Ruled the World that she...

September 06, 2014

Spiritual Life is Not a Race

Spiritual life is not designed for speed. We tend to evaluate our lives based on a...

August 2014

August 30, 2014

Spiritual Life Shines in the Darkness

It is easy to forget how dark darkness can be. Many of us live in places...