Reflections

Precious Things

I once wrote an article about a school that embraced the Reggio Emilia approach to education. This meant, in practice, a lot of fascinating things, and it was a fun piece to work on. But all these years later, I [read more...]

Bible Study Intro: The Great Feast of Pentecost

In today’s Bible Study introduction, Kathleen Miller focused on the significance of Pentecost and the role of the Holy Spirit in the lives of Christians. She emphasized the importance of overcoming fear and being open to new experiences, and encouraged [read more...]

Spirit to Spirit

Talk to any couple who are devoted to one another. Ask them when they realized they were in love — call-me-in-a-crisis love, face-the-day-to-day-with-me love — and the answer will probably not be “When I realized he was only dating me [read more...]

The Truth We Cannot See

I only pray out loud when I want my kids to hear what I’m saying. I know what you’re thinking — hypocrites in the synagogue and the street corner; go to your room and shut the door — but I [read more...]

Motherhood: Inspiration

It was witnessing the nurse midwife care of malaria fever stricken impoverished mothers and babies in Uganda that prompted my “second calling” as a deacon. What was the holy fire that stirred in me so long ago that has prompted [read more...]

Surrender

May is mostly remembered for two days – Memorial and Mother’s Day. Memorial Day celebrates those who fought for us and the latter is a celebration of all of our mothers including life in the womb. But what about those [read more...]

A Message to Cradle Catholics

A question to anyone who is thinking about rejecting Jesus (or has accepted him for that matter): have you even met him? Do you know who you are rejecting? You might think the answer is yes. The answer might even [read more...]

As I Love You

This week my children were learning about energy. We set up an experiment with toy cars — one was placed in front of another, and a third was pushed into the two stationary ones. The forward motion caused the front [read more...]

Can I Sin in My Dreams?

Have you ever had dark, disturbing dreams? If you did, did you feel guilty when you woke up? Did you have some vague sense of shame that such dreams came from your mind? If you’ve ever experienced this, you might [read more...]

Love in Deed

It’s a Wonderful Life is one of my favorite Christmas movies. It only occurred to me recently, though, that this film, for all its yuletide aesthetic, is actually more of an Easter story. I love this movie because it’s a [read more...]