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Noticing sacred light within the spiritual journey, creative practice, and family life.
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Sacred Spirals: A Contemplative Guide to the 2026-2027 Liturgical Year (opens the original)
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Dear friends,Circling around the liturgical year with family traditions, history, handicrafts, and recipes speaks to the longings we have for community, meaningful worship, and shared experiences of sacred time. It’s easy to get lost in tending to the whimsical, outward expressions of it. (Guilty as charged.) In the same breath, the calendar also points to our creatureliness, or our mortality. Being finite is a physical reality, of course, but also one which requires inner acceptance. Paying att
Notes by Candlelight #6 (opens the original)
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Dear friends,Some mornings, as I hear little feet stampede over to my bedside, I often think of Frederick Buechner’s well-known words, “Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don’t be afraid.” As my eyes open and my mind prepares for another day, I imagine Buechner offering other particulars, like marriage, cheeky children, another full day of spinning plates, disappointing headlines, or mice in the kitchen and repeating: Don’t be afraid.<a class="image-link image2 is-view
A year of delight, or kindergarten (opens the original)
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Dear friends,Motherhood and my work as a spiritual director unfolded simultaneously. Predictably, these two journeys have deeply shaped each other over the years. There are moments I can’t see one without the other. (And, many more uncertain ones.) Some of the significant pieces of spiritual direction — offering hospitality, inviting generous curiosity, and prayerful listening — easily spill over into the heart behind my desire to educate our children at home.I’ve written here and there about ho
On becoming a catechist (opens the original)
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Dear friends,Somehow, by God’s clever grace, I continually find myself in humbling, formative spaces of deep listening. I’ve received the gift of my husband, a chaplain and priest, the gifts of my children, the gift of becoming a spiritual director, and now most recently, the ability to participate in Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (CGS) as a catechist. Each role is distinct, of course. And yet, there are similar threads of patience, surrender, discipline, and charity woven between them.If you’
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