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Work That Matters

Vinita Hampton Wright

I used to get so frustrated at all the small, routine bits of work I must do just to maintain existence—cleaning, cooking, sorting/filing, and...

Showing Up Messy

Gretchen Crowder

One afternoon right before the end of the fall semester, a smiling child came rushing down the school hallway shouting, “Mom, I just have...

Hold Tightly When the River Rushes

dotMagis Editor

Eric Clayton, deputy director of communications for the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States, was standing in a rushing river in Bolivia...

Sharing the Wisdom: What I Learned from a Friend About the Gift of Presence

Rebecca Ruiz

I can’t remember exactly when we met her. We had arrived in the snowy tundra in January of my fifth-grade year. I know it...

Sharing the Wisdom: What I Learned from My Grandfather About Courage and Nature

Marina Berzins McCoy

When I was a child, my brother and I spent long summers with my grandparents on their retirement farm outside of Cornwall, Ontario. My...

Sharing the Wisdom: What I Learned from My Grandfather About Art and Dreams

Gretchen Crowder

“Boys, stop throwing that ball in this room! I have one room of nice things. One. Go play somewhere else!” I screamed as I...

Merry Christmas!

dotMagis Editor

“How blessed are we all, that one child was born, How blessed are we all on this great Christmas morn!” —The Shepherd’s Story by Jimmy Dunne Enjoy “The Shepherd’s...