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This sounds like one of those philosophical mind puzzles like theorizing how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, doesn’t it? Daniel Berrigan, S.J, poet, peace activist, and Jesuit priest was once asked this question, whether faith resided in the mind or the heart. He replied that faith is rarely where your . . . → Read More: Where does faith reside? Last night I attended the wake of the father of one of my CLC (Christian Life Community) friends, and on the way home, I got to thinking about my grandfather, who passed away back in 1992, but who is still very present to me in many ways, especially in a year like this when I’ll . . . → Read More: Remembering Grampy At this time last year, I was a bit of a mess. A combination of season change, work stress, and brain chemistry conspired to catapult me into a rather intense and tenacious bout with anxiety and depression. One thing many religious communities have right is the encouragement and support for sisters to attend to all . . . → Read More: Looking back in gratitude… Thanks to Amy over at “Crux of the Matter,” I found this essay by Fr. Ron Rolheiser. Here’s an excerpt: Sobriety is ultimately not about alcohol or some drug. It’s about honesty and transparency. And, like honesty and transparency, it is not all or nothing, but has degrees. We are all sober according to more . . . → Read More: Honesty as Sobriety I heard an excellent homily today on the gospel of Jesus appearing to the disciples when Thomas was not present. Why did Thomas need to see the wounds in order to believe in the resurrected Jesus? Perhaps it is all about personal connection… I know it is true for me that my deepest moments of . . . → Read More: It's about the wounds! First, Happy Belated Valentine’s Day…it was almost gone before I remembered it. A friend and I went out to dinner, and I was wondering why there were so many people out on a Thursday night…DUH… I’m up to my eyeballs in conference paper acceptances and rejections…and am leaving tomorrow (or should I say today, . . . → Read More: Quote to ponder… I may have mentioned earlier that my CLC community is making the Spiritual Exercises in a communal format this year, and our guides have planned our journey so that the past couple of weeks have been spent contemplating the birth of Jesus and the events leading up to that. In the whole picture, I found . . . → Read More: Hanging out with Joseph First, I have to wish a happy birthday to my Mom, who turned 75 today…I’m a quarter-century behind you, Mom, and I never seem to catch up… The end-of-the semester push has had me hopping, but I finally submitted my last set of grades on Monday, and then took the afternoon off to have lunch . . . → Read More: Yikes…more than a week since my last post! I’m pretty exhausted this evening, having just returned from a lovely weekend near Cincinnati with kindred spirits from some other religious orders, driving directly to a picnic where I was to meet the people who belong to the Christian Life Community group I’m joining, and then to the once monthly 12 step meeting for women . . . → Read More: We will not regret the past… It has been a while since I have made any reference to the wisdom of 12-step recovery programs, and I found myself reflecting on how grateful I am for how my life in community and in recovery have unfolded as one and the same. I was sharing at a meeting this morning that before I . . . → Read More: What's in YOUR toolbox? |
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