by Kay Vander Vort | Oct 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
By Kay Vander Vort Nine days after my 80th birthday as I climbed up a short stairway, my left leg crumbled. I was returning from a wonderful birthday trip with my son and family. The days following are a blur – getting on a plane in Boston back to Minneapolis in...
by Barbara Leonard | Sep 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
By Barbara Leonard Until fairly recently the idea of planning for the second half of life was pretty much tied with retirement at age 65. With increasing longevity, however, many will be active into their 80s and 90s. Financial advisors now suggest waiting to take...
by Lisa Traylor | Sep 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
By Dan Johnson Hi. I’m Dan Johnson and am very grateful to be writing this piece today having recently joined the staff here at Loyola. Some of you may remember a blog or two from me four or five years ago when I previously had the honor of working with the great...
by Susanna Bertelsen | Sep 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
By Susanna Bertelsen In late July, 2017, my husband and I went to Germany to visit the “Lutherstadts” or the historical sites of Martin Luther and the Reformation. We saw Eiseleben, his birth and childhood home, where he grew up in a family of affluence, (his father...
by Carolyn Kolovitz | Aug 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
By Carolyn Kolovitz How do we become increasingly grounded in Divine Love while chaotic hatred marches in our streets, flows from our TV and internet screens, and hides in plain sight in our own neighborhoods? As spiritual seekers, we may share a vision of embodying...
by Tom Allen | Aug 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
by Tom Allen Richard Rohr contends that our post- modern secular culture has forgotten how to experience an “enchanted” world. We can choose to live in the reality that all of life is sacred. Our imaginations are a resource. Walking down the street, relishing the...
