This morning, I noticed that I have been writing a lot about hope lately. Often, I write thinking of the audience. I think of what people would benefit from hearing or reflecting. I think of...

What are you doing right now with your life? At this moment – right here, right now, what is happening? Someone, somewhere, has shared this message with you – and I don’t believe it’s by...

Dear reader, I don’t usually write poetry, but if you’ll humor me- I have some free verse for you. Merry Christmas.   A Christmas Poem   Before our ad-vene,   Already set was the scene,   A short pass through the world, between...

My spiritual director asked me this question during one of our meetings. We were talking over Zoom, and it was pleasant to see the trees behind her in Arizona nearly line up with the tree...

The interesting thing about the season of advent is that it is a time for both waiting and preparing. If that sounds paradoxical, it should. Waiting is a passive verb, whereas preparing is an active...

Welcome to the middle of the second week of Advent. Being nearly halfway through the season, it feels hard to believe how quickly Christmas is approaching! Luckily, in our liturgical calendar’s preceding season, we are...

Another Advent is upon us, and with it comes another opportunity to prepare for Christmas. It took too many years for me to understand why preparing during advent is important, and too many more to...

As we prepare to enter this celebration of Thanksgiving, I can't help but find myself wrestling with my inner search for gratitude amidst the tumult of this year. What do we do when we feel...