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In the Old Testament, we read stories of people building altars to remember God’s goodness and faithfulness. Their hope and trust in God became part of the landscape, set in the earth and engraved in stone. Altars grew into sites of pilgrimage, a record of the stories of the people and their history with God.…

Last week F came up with a great idea. We have been talking about starting a growth chart for S. My family had one in an upstairs closet and as kids, we always got a big kick out of shoving aside the clothes, waiting patiently while a parent traced the pencil line above our head,…

“He loved his own in the world and he loved them to the end.” (John 13:1) In the final year of my graduate studies, I took a course in spiritual direction. During one of the classes, we had a guest speaker, one of the monks from the abbey, who talked to us about our spiritual…

The title of this blog was inspired by a line from a new favorite hymn of mine, one that our church started singing during Ordinary Time last year. Hearing feminine imagery for the Divine always delights me, a long drink after a long thirst. So this song immediately became a favorite, and my husband and…