Find the hope
On May 29, 2011, I was in conference with a guest at The Hermitage, a retreat center where I serve as Spiritual Director. It…
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An intimate view
Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from a blog the author kept while walking the Camino de Santiago in northern Spain, accompanied by…
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Evening Commute
Estelí, Nicaragua (2016) At 5:30 p.m., a woman walks home after a day of selling goods from her portable stand in the northern mountain…
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John and I ditch the school bus and learn non-conformity
So the first thing you have to understand is that the junior high school bus was like a playground for bullies, and the bullies,…
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Last pence spent riding Gatwick to shire, then on foot, haggard and tired. Three ragged miles, an hour in snow and storm along a…
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Indiana winter, take one
On the day it reached 13 degrees below zero, I decided to go for a walk. Our dog begged to go after weeks marooned…
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