by Susanna Bertelsen | Mar 4, 2022 | Featured Image
Ash Wednesday, 2022, reminds me of the three pillars of Lent: Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving! How might prayer shawls be everyday reminders of God’s love, compassion and mercy? I invite you to consider… While busy with fall closet cleaning at Loyola, I came across...
by Kay Vander Vort | Jan 27, 2022 | Featured Image
It was just an ordinary Monday in January, freezing and icy outside. I was feeling sad and a little lonely (perhaps the January blahs) after all the excitement and connection with friends and family that I had so enjoyed during this past Christmas season. I decided to...
by Linda Cherek | Jan 7, 2022 | Featured Image
How many of you make New Year’s resolutions? When I was younger I tried a few times but then lost track of them and never followed through on them. I know a woman who, instead of a New Year’s resolution, chose a word for the year and reflected on it and utilized it...
by Karen Treat | Dec 28, 2021 | Featured Image
There is beauty in the “in between”. The time when the sky is black, and stars begin to sparkle. When the ice begins to melt, and the waters open. The song of the bird and the sunlight fully illuminated. The “in between” can be waiting, anticipating, and...
by Kay Vander Vort | Dec 21, 2021 | Featured Image
My partner of the last 20 years entered memory care last April. Don had been in assisted living in a senior apartment. The move to memory care was triggered by his night-wandering, a situation that can’t be tolerated in a senior community.It necessitated a sudden...
