From Ordinary to Extra-Ordinary

Greetings! Two things troubled my spirit in the week past…in a good and yet challenging way; one was a quotation from one of my favorite writers on issues educational and spiritual – Parker Palmer; the other was a phrase from the Introduction in Richard Foster’s book, Celebration of Discipline. I believe I have been led…

For Your Reflection

‘You and I may not have Rosa Parks’ particular battle to fight…But if the Rosa Parks story is to help us discern our own vocations, we must see her as the ordinary person she is. That will be difficult to do because we have made her into super-woman – and we have done it to…

Stop, Listen…Find Strength

Greetings! In her book Seven Sacred Pauses: Living Mindfully through the Hours of the Day, the late Sr. Macrina Wiederkehr speaks of “the violence many of us carry in our hearts due to a stressful, multitasking work environment.” What I infer from those words is that a frenetic and constantly driven way of being can…

For Your Reflection

Be Silent, be still, be aware, For there in your heart The Spirit is at prayer. Listen and learn, Open and find Heart, wisdom…Christ. (Author Unknown)