Beautiful Days

Beautiful Days

“These many beautiful days cannot be lived again…” These words by Daniel Berrigan are my words as I take leave of Loyola Spirituality Center. After I finished clearing my office and all other locations that held my material, I decided to return to Loyola to pray and...
All Shall Be Well

All Shall Be Well

Today my granddaughter Joni goes in for a scan. She was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer as a baby. She went from the tough case on the sad cancer floor at five months of age to the miracle baby six months later. Those days and nights in the hospital listening to...
COMPASSION REIMAGINED WITH REFLECTION AND CONVERSATION

COMPASSION REIMAGINED WITH REFLECTION AND CONVERSATION

Remember this tune? “What the world needs now, is love, sweet love… It’s the only thing… that there’s just too little of…What the world needs now… is love, sweet love…No, not just for some, but for everyone.” Written by songwriters Brett James and Mary Holladay Lamar,...
Told In Remembrance of Her

Told In Remembrance of Her

Imagine if throughout history, Christianity modeled Jesus’ relationship with women and the Christian movement was led and shaped by women and men together. What would our world look like today? Recall that Jesus performed his first miracle by following the guidance of...
Going Deeper into Christmas

Going Deeper into Christmas

Lots of people get cranky during the Christmas season and for plenty of good reasons: stores blasting “Have a Holly Jolly Christmas” the day after Halloween, pressure to spend money we don’t have on things we don’t want to buy. Alongside irritability at the...