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A New Way to Pray When the Words Don’t Come
A New Way to Pray When Words Don’t Come Most of last week, my prayer felt like moving through fog. I showed up at the usual times, but felt nothing. I wasn’t upset…
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The story for a new season
One of my spiritual directees, a retired executive, described his plans for the next phase of life. As he spoke, a question rose in me almost unbidden: Whose story is this? The plans were…
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Cómo mirar más allá de la maleza
¿Qué es lo que más te preocupa hoy? Tal vez es un hijo que se ha alejado de la fe. Tal vez un problema de salud. Un matrimonio difícil. Problemas económicos. O una…
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How to look beyond the weeds
16th Sunday of Ordinary Time “The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a man who sowed good seed in his field…” (Mt 13:24-43) “What is the one thing in your life that…
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Bands of love that stretch but don’t break
Last week at the homeless shelter, I met two mothers. One was homeless. One was not. One had a homeless son. One did not. Yet both shared the same unbreakable bands of love.…
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When God made me, he grinned
Sometimes God places extraordinary people in our path. If we’re paying attention, they become our greatest spiritual teachers. Every Fourth of July, my wife and I vacation at Hilton Head. Each year, I…
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The slow arrival of the soul on vacation
My body arrives on vacation long before my soul does. This week, my wife and I are vacationing at Hilton Head Island. Like most vacations, our first day was filled with unpacking, grocery…
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Pouring out a thousand graces…
What do you do when the grace runs low? When my son called from Phoenix, he asked, “How was your Father’s Day?” I told him the truth: I took a long walk in…
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Una Nueva Imagen del Padre
En este Día del Padre, quiero que pensemos en nuestro Padre del cielo y en cómo su presencia nos da fuerza. Quiero comenzar con una imagen. Hace un año, yo caminaba por la…
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A New Image of the Father
A year ago, I was walking the beach at sunrise. The sky was glowing orange, the waves brushing the sand, the birds gliding overhead. Then I saw something that stayed with me: a…
