What Animals Teach Us

What Animals Teach Us

Have you ever thought about how animals teach you? Maybe your cat or dog has taught you lessons, maybe also birds, squirrels, rabbits, or deer? Native Americans are astute observers of animals and name their clans after them.  America itself is known as Turtle...
Love Each Other

Love Each Other

“Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”  John 13: 34-35 The new commandment in the epitaph above is when Jesus is with the disciples on the night of his...
What God Desires

What God Desires

“God is present to us at the deepest core of our being…God’s desires for us and our deepest desires are…not opposed but are one in the same.”Kevin O’Brien, The Ignatian Adventure What do you desire? This can be a challenging question for us to discern.  Is...
A Simple Prayer Will Do

A Simple Prayer Will Do

January is often a difficult month for me, despite all the things I love about it, like the fresh slate of a new year. I’m not much one for “resolutions,” but I do enjoy spending time reflecting on the past year and setting intentions for the new year. I also...