Mother’s Day

The celebration of Mother’s Day is upon us.  Since I was age 16, I have always dreaded this day to recognize mothers.  At a young age I lost my mother to cancer and the void of her in my life was daily but really felt on this day. Life does heal…

A lesson from the Kentucky Derby

Can you feel the excitement?  Two of the most exciting minutes in sports takes place on the first Saturday in May–the running of the Kentucky Derby.  Have you selected your horse yet?  I believe there is a lesson that this famous event teaches all of us.  Favorites  are not always…

Acts of Violence

Whether on a large or a small scale, all acts of violence, remind us of the meaningless of killing and the meaningfulness of life.   After the violence of the Boston Marathon and horror of terrorism, I step back and recognize that violence will never eliminate the human capacity to hope.  …

“Forgive us as we forgive…”

We can never appreciate the liberation of Reconciliation without a felt awareness of alienation, fragmentation, sin.  Today in the middle of this Lenten season, I recall the true gift of forgiveness.   Today the “Peter” in each of us is reminded through the words of Jesus, ” I do not tell…

SILENCE is healing

This Lenten season one of the greatest gifts I offer myself is a period of silence. and rest.  It seems I cannot stop or slow down enough to savor all the beauty, grace and peace that this penitential season offers me.   Yesterday, I did gift myself with a time of…