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May 7, 20192 min read

Pilgrimage to Ireland - Dublin

I decided to take advantage of an opportunity to travel to Ireland with other spiritual directors on a literary and spiritual tour. It...

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Mar 7, 20191 min read

How are your children handling the world?

“all my life I have never heard a mother call out to her child as he or she goes off to school, “Take a lot of risks today, darling.” She...

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Jan 23, 20192 min read

Stuck in an ice storm

The recent ice storm in Massachusetts has kept me inside for three days. I pace in front of the living room window staring at the shiny...

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Jul 24, 20181 min read

Affirmations

"I am seeing that life is the coexistence of all opposites, including joy and sorrow." Life holds constant change, and it's so easy to...

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May 13, 20184 min read

PARENTING IS ONE OF THE HARDEST JOBS ON EARTH!

With Mother’s and Father’s days at hand, I reflect on my own parents. For years I have held onto a lot of anger towards my parents. This...

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Apr 28, 20181 min read

Blessed Are you Who Bear the Light, a beautiful poem by Jan Richardson

Blessed are you who bear the light in unbearable times, who testify to its endurance amid the unendurable, who bear witness to its...

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Apr 10, 20181 min read

THERE'S A MOVEMENT HAPPENING

There's a movement happening. I can feel it. So many light seekers and light workers are doing the hard work of examining their hearts...

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Jun 11, 20161 min read

Starting a Caregivers Support Group

I'm offering a support group for parents and caregivers of chronically-ill and special needs children on the last Wednesday of every...

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May 10, 20161 min read

Singing for the Dying

I spent the weekend singing at Rowe Camp and Conference Center. The workshop was "Singing for the Dying." It was a magnificent,...

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