Reflections from Our Directors
Approach with Compassion and Mercy
Hidden in the recent traumatic events in our nation is a holy invitation to approach ourselves and others with compassion and mercy.
Moving Forward
Let’s start 2021 by recalibrating our intentions to our most important values that will guide our choices (big and small) in the months ahead, regardless of external events.
Love, Compassion and Empathy in 2021!
Ignatius invites us to be contemplatives in action … and within that action, to notice God in all things.
The Longest Night. Light in the Darkness.
We come to December 21 every year. The longest night. Sun setting earlier every day, even if it’s seconds it can feel like minutes. Hours earlier. Each day.
Advent Reflections
First Advent…then Christmas...followed by Epiphany...reflections from my Minnesota backyard! Indeed, sunny, beautiful Minnesota winters offer peaceful mornings for backyard reflection! My Advent meditations on this photo led me to recognize those areas of darkness and...
Christmas 2020 – Bah! Humbug! Or Merry Christmas?
My mother loved Charles Dickens. When I was in 6th grade she read to me A Tale of Two Cities. The beginning lines have stayed with me and remained relevant all my life;” It was the best of times - It was the worst of times”. When I was in 8th grade our shared...
A Holy Emptiness
During this darkest time of the year, I’m sitting with a powerful poem that celebrates emptiness. Oblation By Elizabeth B. Rooney I hope each day To offer less to You, Each day By Your great love to be Diminished Until at last I am So decreased...
Acts of Kindness
In the beautifully illustrated book, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, Charlie Mackesyoffers wisdom for young and old alike. Sitting together on a tree branch, the mole asks the boy, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” “Kind,” said the boy. The pandemic...
Grief and the Holidays
“There is much I want to say, as if the saying could prepare you for this path, as if there is anything I could offer that would make your way less circuitous, more smooth....” ~The Shimmering Hours (Jan Richardson) The holidays ideally are a time of food and...