As someone who sits comfortably in seasons of lament such as Lent, it is easy for me to mistrust the simple happiness that arrives on the warm winds of spring. I find myself inclined to sit in despair beside the Tomb, when I am called to practice the joy of resurrection. Perhaps, like me, you need a reminder that this…
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A few years ago, I traveled to Tuscany for a spiritual retreat with a group of fellow writers. As a late addition to the group, I was delighted to discover my friend, Christie Purifoy, was also a Tuscany-bound companion. We knew one another fairly well already, and I looked forward to spending ten days together in a state of Italy-induced…
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Hello, Readers! I’ve created a short (free!) guide for you to enter the New Year at a gentle pace. It’s called Rhythms of Reflection: Simple Questions for Taking Leave of the Old Year and Entering the New. and it’s a gift I hope will serve you well as you begin integrate the past year into the present one. To access…
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I discovered I was pregnant with my first child under the cool, direct gaze of winter. In the dark hours of a January evening, I ran back and forth upstairs from bathroom to bedroom and back again, until I had used every pregnancy test in the kit I purchased at the drug store. Michael, unaware, lay on the sofa downstairs…
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I close my computer with a snap. My inbox is full of deals and manufactured delights. Ads assail me at every turn, and “influencers” flood my feeds with their lists of favorites and affiliate links. I raise my head for the first time in hours, and the room sways momentarily. As my eyes adjust, they fall on plastic bins of…
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