Easter – Season of New Life Common sense tells her not to do it, but something else urges her on. She laces the borrowed skates and takes to the sidewalk. Hey, this isn’t so bad! She glides as if there were no gravity, no resistance. She feels free, indestructible! Whoops! She hits a stone, flies […]
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In February, my article, Six Lenten Pitfalls, was featured in St. Anthony Messenger magazine. (If you missed it, it can be found on the St. Anthony Messenger blog at www.FranciscanMedia.org) This was followed by a mention in the back cover column by editor John Feister in April. In the column Feister wrote about the attention to […]
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Easter – Season of New Life He feels like he failed in everything important . . . in marriage, as a parent, in business. He’s failed so many times–and in so many ways–that he has finally made a friend of his close acquaintance. Maybe his friend Failure can teach him something success can’t. Thank you, […]
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Easter – Season of New Life Inch by inch, row by row, gonna make this garden grow All it takes is rake and hoe, and a piece of fertile ground. Inch by inch, row by row, someone bless these seeds I sow, Someone warm them from below, till the rain comes tumbling down. […]
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Easter – Season of New Life This is not what she wanted for herself, not at all. This change was unwelcome, unexpected. She wants to deny that anything good could come from it. She lost a job she valued. She lost her health, her money, her social status–all because she’s been downsized. What has she […]
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Easter – Season of New Life Cracks appear in the foundation of my house. Instantly I want to fill them in, “take care” of them as quickly as possible. But something else tells me to investigate, to determine why and from where the cracks have come, to discover if they signal something more serious. Not […]
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Easter – Season of New Life So many years of marriage with heated arguments, sometimes uncomfortable silence. So many struggles raising children, balancing family and careers, juggling schedules. Could it be, now that the children are gone, now that we’re settled in our careers . . . Could it be that the embers of love […]
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Easter – Season of New Life She can pat herself on the back for this one, they tell her. A job well done. Something she can take pride in. She spearheaded the planning and the building of this hospital, this facility that will provide medical care for an entire community: a place for babies to […]
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Easter – Season of new life! Newness everywhere . . . changes, opportunities, answers to prayers . . . She has a new job, a new home, a new community, a baby on the way . . . Hold it! Overload! Is this too much of a good thing? Where does she find stability amidst […]
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Easter – Season of New Life Windows of opportunity open in my life, but only for a few brief moments. The opportunities may not be here today and gone tomorrow, but they will not be around forever. Through the window someone beckons to me, something challenges me. “An opportunity to grow,” my teacher used to […]
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