Apr 3, 2022 | Reflections
Image: Nina Bisognani Let there be Dragons When I was a child, Lent was a time of discipline.I usually gave up one of my favorite things- chocolate.I thought a lot about not being the perfect Christian. The consequences could be dreadful.I feared I would go to Hell if...
Mar 27, 2022 | Reflections
Image: Frank DeSarro Burnt on my Soul I am twelve and a night owl. My sisters are asleep, my father is at work. I hear the murmur of voices below and know my mother is watching TV. I creep downstairs. “Go back to bed Barbara. This is not something you should watch.”...
Mar 4, 2022 | Reflections
Prayer for Ukraine You gather the children taking bits of food and blankets, having to choose within minutes what you will carry and by default all that you will lose. For some no exodus will come. Kyrie eleison. You stand armed with plowshares with grit facing the...
Feb 18, 2022 | Reflections
Image: Melanie Kyer Putting the broken back together: Lessons from a Jigsaw Puzzle Our picture of what Christmas would be like this year was broken when our son tested positive for Covid-19 and we had to stay home. We are blessed that it was a mild case, and despite...
Feb 5, 2022 | Reflections
Image: Barbara Ryther The first time I saw this little cairn on one of my walks I was surprised that such a random and precarious collection of rocks could stay safely perched on a sloping boulder, and yet week after week it was still there. As my surprise changed to...
Jan 20, 2022 | Reflections
Image: Nina Bisognani Scents and Memories With the holidays a recent memory,the scent of cookies baking in the kitchenstill lingers in my mind.But there are other scents that remainwith me as well. One of the most memorable of these is the scent ofOld Spice, my...