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Summer Reading

  I marvel at how God has designed the rhythm of the four seasons where we live in Arkansas— a state affectionately called “God’s country.” With each season, God invites us to both an end and a beginning. Like many of you, I enjoy approaching the summer season with plans of finishing certain activities and…
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Summer Reading

  I marvel at how God has designed the rhythm of the four seasons…
August 4, 2025

TO BE MADE PERFECT IN LOVE—Free and Fearless

“No eye has seen nor ear has heard nor mind has even conceived what God has in store for those who love Him.” (1 Corinthians 2:19 quoting Isaiah 64:4) What blessings the traditional liturgical season has offered us of late: Eastertide, followed by Pentecost, and the month of June’s focus on the Sacred Heart of…
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TO BE MADE PERFECT IN LOVE—Free and Fearless

“No eye has seen nor ear has heard nor mind has even conceived…
July 1, 2025

OPENING MY HEART–2025

As our summer is beginning to unfold, God has given my husband and I the gift of being “traveling grandparents.” We are off to spend time in San Diego with one grandson and our oldest daughter and son-in-law, and then on to Phoenix to spend time with our other grandson and our son and daughter-in-law.…
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OPENING MY HEART–2025

Photo by Puwadon Sang-ngern on Pexels.com As our summer is beginning to unfold, God…
June 1, 2025

A NEW IMAGINATION OF THE POSSIBLE—Sharing Christ’s joy and His peace in your own Galilee

“No eye has seen nor ear has heard nor mind has even conceived what God has in store for those who love Him.” (1 Corinthians 2:19) Many of us have spent the last forty days of Lent meditating on Christ’s humiliations, meekness, and unwearied perseverance.  We have followed the way of the cross to new…
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A NEW IMAGINATION OF THE POSSIBLE—Sharing Christ’s joy and His peace in your own Galilee

“No eye has seen nor ear has heard nor mind has even conceived…
May 5, 2025

SILENCE BECKONS

“Therefore, I am now going to allure her. I will lead her into the wilderness and speak tenderly to her.” (Hosea 2:14) This Scripture passage from the Old Testament book of the prophet Hosea has always beckoned me, drawn me in, and given me comfort. It comes to mind as we are now deep into the…
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SILENCE BECKONS

“Therefore, I am now going to allure her. I will lead her into…
March 30, 2025

NOTHING BUT A WALKING STICK…God’s personal providence for me

March is upon us and my husband and I have just returned from a lovely visit to California where we spent precious time with both of our grandsons and their parents. My heart is so full. In a session with my spiritual director before leaving on this trip, she commented to me: “take nothing with…
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NOTHING BUT A WALKING STICK…God’s personal providence for me

Photo by DreamLens Production on Pexels.com March is upon us and my husband and…
March 8, 2025

HOLY LISTENING…bestowing attention–2025

I have been thinking a lot about the importance of listening to one another—really listening. Slowing down, sinking into the moment, and turning one’s attention to the other. As a spiritual director, I have experienced the power of this type of listening–it can be so very healing–to both parties. With this in mind, I decided…
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HOLY LISTENING…bestowing attention–2025

I have been thinking a lot about the importance of listening to one…
February 9, 2025

LET US NOT FORGET–2025

A new year—2025. In the Catholic faith, this is to be a year of Jubilee. The theme for the 2025 Jubilee year is “Pilgrims of Hope” —a year of forgiveness, reconciliation, and hope. It is a rite seen only once every 25 years. I’m still pondering and praying about what my word of the year…
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LET US NOT FORGET–2025

A new year—2025. In the Catholic faith, this is to be a year…
January 1, 2025

THE ANCHOR OF ADVENT… hope-filled resiliency

This month I am borrowing from Joyce Rupp’s December newsletter: Henri Nouwen asked his readers a vital question: “Is there a quiet stream underneath the fluctuating affirmations and rejections of my little world? Is there a still point where my life is anchored and from which I can reach out with hope and courage and…
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THE ANCHOR OF ADVENT… hope-filled resiliency

Photo by George Becker on Pexels.com This month I am borrowing from Joyce Rupp’s…
December 1, 2024

MEDITATING ON HOLY SCRIPTURE…Taking God’s word deep into your heart.

This month I’d like to share with you a prayer theme I have been praying, and encourage you to join me if you feel led. I pray with the same passage daily for a week and then move on to the next passage. Prayer Theme: God Provides for MeGrace to Pray For: A Deeper Trust…
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MEDITATING ON HOLY SCRIPTURE…Taking God’s word deep into your heart.

Photo by Karolina Kaboompics on Pexels.com This month I’d like to share with…
October 5, 2024

Shine. Listen. Be unafraid.

I’ve previously written that this summer I have been part of an 8-week retreat with the Ignatian Exercises. This is an at-home retreat where we individually pray through the Exercises and meet weekly as a group to share our prayer experience.  We are finishing our last week, and it feels so good to have received…
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Shine. Listen. Be unafraid.

I’ve previously written that this summer I have been part of an 8-week…
September 1, 2024