Reflections
Sharing a Moment with a Stranger on Vacation
Entering Westminster Abbey on vacation with my 10-year-old son, I overheard a man with an American accent ask, “Can we take photos?”
“No, sorry, sir,” the docent apologized.
I remembered being...
Reflections
Four Hidden Places I’ve Found God
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Spirituality
Lamentation: The Weight of Grief
Niccolò dell’Arca’s Mourning over the Dead Christ, often simply called Lamentation, moves us into the depths of Good Friday’s grief. (See a video of this piece of art below...
Reflections
Waving to a Stranger
Standing in a piazza in Lucca, Italy, dappled sunlight shining down on me, I licked gelato al limone while my husband peeked in storefront windows. Our boys traded licks...
Ignatian Prayer
Imaginative Prayer: Lunch with Christ
As a child I felt God’s presence strongly. I remember digging in my sandbox with Jesus or reading a picture book with him. It seemed every good thing was...
Reflections
Finding God in the Birds
Growing up in Inner City Los Angeles, I hadn’t really seen a bird that wasn’t a pigeon unless I went to the beach. You know what they call pigeons...