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…

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…

Over the last three weeks, as the wheels of this New Year continue to turn and gain speed, I have been challenged to slow down…to pause and reflect on [my] life – as God would have me embrace and live it. How amazing is the gift and blessing of intentional pauses, that create space for…

Greetings! There is a lot on my heart this morning; I am not even sure exactly how to articulate or frame what’s there. What I do know however…of which I am convinced, is that the sum total of loss, grief, uncertainty and fear, that made itself known during the week past, is a real and…