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A Snowy Start to Lent
I have always enjoyed having Lent begin in the middle of winter. It just feels appropriate that, as winter winds down and approaches spring, Lent
02/24/2021
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The Heart
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.” Psalm 51 A friend of mine is a teacher, in
02/10/2021
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If Your Life was a Story…
Back in the early 2000s, I remember watching a commercial for the US Navy which began with the actor Keith David saying “If someone wrote
02/03/2021
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New Beginnings
Every day I try to go for a walk throughout the grounds of the retreat center while listening to various podcasts. I am currently a
01/27/2021
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The Bible in a Year
If you have read my previous blogs, you can probably see that Fr. Mike Schmitz is a big role model of mine. I seriously love
01/20/2021
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Hope for the New Year
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
01/13/2021
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This Is The Moment
What are you doing right now with your life? At this moment – right here, right now, what is happening? Someone, somewhere, has shared this
01/06/2021
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Merry Christmas from JSC
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
12/30/2020
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What is Prayer Like for You?
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
12/23/2020
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Waiting and Preparing
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.
12/17/2020
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