This is my supreme calling: every minute a prayer, every moment to love. In the opening line of today’s Gospel, we read: The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ…
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Ode to Andre
Tonight will be the biggest celebration of the year. I know we are all going to pass the wine glass and toast you individually, but I wanted to write you…
The Broken Whole of Me
Years ago, after the birth of my second child, I fell into a postpartum depression. In my early twenties, having managed to leave an abusive husband, I lived with two…
When Our Leader Was Innocence
I watched my two youngest daughters, in their early teens at the time, being controlled by the horror of sexual abuse which had happened to their youngest brother. To complicate…
Mercy and the One Shoe
…in front of all the daily communicants. I was second guessing my seemingly hasty new policy. Stay calm, Gail. You can do this. Remember? You are raising responsible children, children…
Who Is to Say?
My son called me at my work to let me know he had just been kicked out of college. He had been caught drinking on campus, against the rules for…