Sacred Meditations
The Hidden Saints
Have you ever noticed how differently you behave when you know someone is watching? Researchers have a name for this. They call it the “Hawthorne effect,” named after a series...
The Hidden Saints
Have you ever noticed how differently you behave when you know someone is watching? Researchers have a name for this. They call it the “Hawthorne effect,” named after a series...
Becoming Complete through Indiscriminate Love
Have you ever noticed how the sun rises over a prison just as faithfully as it rises over a monastery? The same warm rays that wake a sleeping child also...
Becoming Complete through Indiscriminate Love
Have you ever noticed how the sun rises over a prison just as faithfully as it rises over a monastery? The same warm rays that wake a sleeping child also...
The Mountain Where we Encounter God
Have you ever climbed a mountain? Not metaphorically, but actually set your boots on a trail, felt the burn in your calves, watched the air thin and the trees shrink...
The Mountain Where we Encounter God
Have you ever climbed a mountain? Not metaphorically, but actually set your boots on a trail, felt the burn in your calves, watched the air thin and the trees shrink...
The Sacred Ordinary: A Mother’s Hidden Calling
There is a basket of laundry by the foot of the bed. It has been there since Tuesday. The socks need matching, the towels need folding, and somewhere beneath the...
The Sacred Ordinary: A Mother’s Hidden Calling
There is a basket of laundry by the foot of the bed. It has been there since Tuesday. The socks need matching, the towels need folding, and somewhere beneath the...
Our Three Temptations in the Wilderness
There is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes around day twenty-three of any difficult discipline. Whether it’s a diet, a new exercise routine, a Lenten fast, or a commitment...
Our Three Temptations in the Wilderness
There is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes around day twenty-three of any difficult discipline. Whether it’s a diet, a new exercise routine, a Lenten fast, or a commitment...
The Tutor of Love
Have you ever watched someone try to teach a child to tie their shoes? The child fumbles. The loops collapse. The “bunny ears” never quite cooperate. So the parent kneels...
The Tutor of Love
Have you ever watched someone try to teach a child to tie their shoes? The child fumbles. The loops collapse. The “bunny ears” never quite cooperate. So the parent kneels...