An Icon of the Wilderness: St. Kateri of the Iroquois

  Photo by Collie Coburn on UnsplashOur dog, Coco, is curled on a chair in the corner of my office, heaving deep, sleepy sighs, in-and-out. It’s a damp, gray day and napping long hours sounds like a wonderful plan. I am on my third glass of water, first cup of...

This Cat’s Purr

  Cats purr … with a consistent pattern and frequency between 25 and 150 Hertz. Various investigators have shown that sound frequencies in this range can improve bone density and promote healing. . . in bones and muscles. – Scientific America, “Why do...

A World in Transition

“Monarch chrysalis on butterflyweed” by Martin LaBar is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 We walk daily circles around the yard, stretching our legs amidst long hours spent working on screens.  Frost arrived this weekend, impossibly...

Pastor

  How does shebecomewhat isnotallowed? How do giftsgrow;gifts she isnotallowedto have,much less,God forbid,use? Whereis the model,the mirror,for herbecoming? What energywill be wasted,what creativitysquandered,in the effortto proveher rightto be in...

Difficult Women: St. Joan of Arc, Zinnias, and Me

 Art by Rachel Grant in the 2020 Women Who Rocked Our World calendar. Every man gives his life for what he believes. Every woman gives her life for what she believes. Sometimes people believe in little or nothing, and so they give their lives to little or...

What’s A Pastor to Do?

But what’s a pastor to do when [she’s] got no people to pastor?* I slipped an extra eggunder the broody henand marked the eggsalready gathered therewith a permanent marker’sred x. The hen settled down,welcoming new eggs and old.She puffed wide, her...
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