by Susanna Bertelsen | Mar 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
By Susanna Bertelsen “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.” Where is that “sweet love” today? How might I find it?...
by Karen Treat | Mar 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
By Karen Treat I recently read To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. I don’t recollect reading it before. I didn’t see the movie. Now, I can say I have. Read the book. Along with all four of my children who have read it as part of their curriculum in high...
by Carolyn Kolovitz | Feb 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
by Carolyn Kolovitz My daughter was nearly 8 years old when I adopted her, and she came to me understandably furious with the world, heartbroken by the cruel forces of fate. While most new moms must focus on attending to their child’s physical needs, I had to hit the...
by JoAnn Campbell-Rice | Feb 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
by JoAnn Campbell-Rice I’m reading Mary Pipher’s newest book, Women Rowing North: Navigating Life’s Currents and Flourishing as We Age in which she states a truth that I’ve been thinking about ever since: “With each new stage of life, we outgrow the strategies that...
by Melissa Borgmann-Kiemde | Jan 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
by Melissa Borgmann-Kiemde When Sr. Liz Kerwin gave me my first tour of the Loyola Spirituality Center, I remember being deeply moved learning that the building was once a convent. I loved this history. I loved imagining the former cloister cells of the religious —...
by Susanna Bertelsen | Dec 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
by Susanna Bertelsen Like many people, I enjoy sending and receiving Christmas letters. Unfortunately, I am usually late with the mailings. This year, however, I started the process early… the first week of Advent! It had been my 2018 New Year’s resolution…to send...
