Praying for the Enemy
I had a serendipitous conversation with a friend a couple of days ago that started with being tired of being angry. Anger is a very tiresome emotion. It can really suck the life out of a person, and it is pretty useless and non-productive. Oh, I know that there are...
Crying for my home
I live in Alabama. I was born in this state, and have lived somewhere in Alabama for all but about 9 1/2 years of my life. There are many things I love about my home state. We aren't all married to first cousins, and there are many intelligent, interesting, gentle,...
Public Life (wanted or not)
Scary at times... Google and Amazon really keep tabs on all of us. A couple of days ago I was searching for an image of a First Years stroller for a review on a website, toady Amazon sends me email suggesting 10 First Years strollers that they hope I'm interested in...
Family Wedding
We just returned from a quick weekend trip to Block Island (RI) to celebrate my brother-in-law's wedding. This is a second chance for both of them and it was a wonderful occasion and opportunity for the joining of 2 families. It's fun to watch the adult children offer...
Teaching to the Test
In Alabama, the new school year is starting. In the US, those of us who work in education or are closely related to those who do, are surely aware of No Child Left Behind. Sounds like a good idea on the surface. But, the guidelines seem to reflect Garrison Keillor's...
Eyes on the Prize
Today's Gospel relates the story of Jesus walking on the water... more to what it means to me, it relates the story of Peter learning that he is a lot more safe and better off if he keeps his eyes on Jesus and doesn't start second guessing himself. The priest started...
You Look Like Yourself
This morning I ran into a friend that I haven't seen in a while. He observed (much to my delight) that I have lost weight. I've dropped a bit over 30 lbs at this point, so it's really nice to have someone notice. I thanked him for telling me. And then he said...
Focus? Or Naming the Demons?
A couple of weeks ago we caught most of an NPR NOW (sirius radio 122) broadcast of "Relaxed Focus" with David Allen (http://humanmedia.org) as we drove down I-81 (through the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia). He had some interesting ideas. Perhaps I can get better at...
A hole in my soul
There is a hole in my existence that opens up on occasion and sends me to a deep place. This place often strikes me as dark, but not always. We drove in to New England a couple of days ago. That empty space opened up in me. It felt something like the way I feel when I...
Wonderful Bad News
This morning one of the members of my Cursillo reunion group announced that she has to leave the group. Of course, our first reaction was "NOT ALLOWED." But then we listened to her fill in the blanks... and it was good news and bad. The bad of course is that one of...
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North American Vincentian Family Gathering
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The 2023 North American Vincentian Family Gathering will be held October 26-29 at DePaul University in Chicago, IL. The theme is Harmony in Diversity: Working for Social Justice and Fostering a Culture of Encounter through the Arts via a community-based, intergenerational experience of creativity and the arts to build up together a culture of encounter which embraces diversity in harmony.
More information here: HARMONY IN DIVERSITY