There are gaps in the mesh of the everyday world, and sometimes they open up and you fall through them into somewhere else. Somewhere Else runs at a different pace […]

My dear friend Ruthann sent the above question to me early this morning. What a great opportunity for meditation and pondering as we begin a new year. Here is my […]

Christmas is not a manger story with shepherds and magi. Do you know any shepherds? Have you met the magi? Christmas is God given over to people. God has disappeared […]

You are the God from whom no secret is hidden, and sowe tell before you our great fears:We have fear down to our toes because of the danger of the […]

To: National Catholic Reporter December 19, 2021 Re: Marquette’s Diocese’s LGBTQ Restrictions Blasted as Cruel, Dec. 14, 2021 My ministry in the catholic church has been shaped by the inclusive […]

Words That Matter We are starved for fresh language to approach each other. We need what Elizabeth Alexander calls “words that shimmer” — words with power that convey real truth, […]

     In her book, Circle of Stones, Woman’s Journey to Herself, Judith Duerk asks women:  How might your life have been different if there had been a place for you?  […]

Within the human person is a longing for creativity, wholeness, and generativity. This “force” is affected by the environment and the people around us. We are shaped by those who […]