Here we are at another Ash Wednesday, the entrance to a fresh Lenten journey. We may set goals for how we aim to spend the next 40 days, with fasting, abstaining, and almsgiving. Whatever our intentions are for this holy…
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What Waiting Can Do
I think it is safe to say that by the time we reach adulthood we have had at least one experience of wanting to throw in the towel. Perhaps we wanted to quit a team, end a friendship, resign from…
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Honor the Questions
So often in our busy brains questions emerge. We are a naturally curious species. Sorting and sifting through the incoming data of everyday life, we ponder things big and small, vast and personal.
Too often a question is left unanswered…
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Balanced Power
Relationships, if they are to be successful, require an equal balance of power. As soon as one tries to dominate the other the bond falls apart. There is no trusting someone who tries to knock you down, whether verbally or…
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The Curriculum of Life
My oldest is in the process of selecting classes for her next year of school. There are core classes, such as English and Math, that all students must take. Then there are electives wherein students can pick what interests them…
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Help the Healing
A friend (also a therapist) told me that after experiencing a trauma what a person needs most is to tell what happened to them — and to be believed. The healing process begins by being heard and trusted as credible…
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Just Better
As we shift into the gift of another year, I have been considering what resolutions to make. Many of us recycle our intentions with a renewed aspiration that this will be the year I finally (fill in the blank)! Yet…
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Relationship Through the Lens of Miriam of Nazareth — Part 5 of 5
*The main source for this reflections series was the book Truly Our Sister: A Theology of Mary in the Communion of Saints, by Elizabeth A. Johnson.
*This reflection series was initially published by Tau Center, a spirituality ministry…
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Relationship through the Lens of Miriam of Nazareth - Part 4 of 5
*The main source for this reflections series was the book Truly Our Sister: A Theology of Mary in the Communion of Saints, by Elizabeth A. Johnson.
*This reflection series was initially published by Tau Center, a spirituality ministry of…
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