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  • How to Avoid Spiritual Gluttony During Lent

    March 3, 2025 /

    As a spiritual director, I’ve asked a few people what they are doing for Lent.  I was impressed by the variety of responses:  a new biblical or spiritual reading plan, extra hours in Adoration, regular Stations of the Cross meditations, subscribing to a daily app or podcast, or volunteering at a local charity…  Some were planning to do more than one.  These are all good activities, but I was a little overwhelmed.  My follow-up question: How will these bring you closer to God? A puzzled look usually follows. The assumption is that if a person is doing a lot of holy activities, then being in the presence of God will certainly follow.  But…

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  • What’s the most important step in the spiritual life?

    January 27, 2025 /

    ‘ “I need to find a place to live.”  Not surprisingly, this is a common request from the homeless people I meet with at Strong Life Rescue Mission each Wednesday.  In my response, I look for a little step the person can take.  My follow-up goes something like this.  “Do you have a job or source of income?”  I’m looking but no one will hire me because I lost my social security card.  “I can take you to the Social Security office and get you a replacement.”  They need an ID.  I lost that too. “Let me take you to the DMV instead.” I can’t pay the fee. “They’ll waive…

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  • The Value of Being Still

    April 8, 2024 /

    When chaos abounds, God give eight words to live by: "Be still, and know that I am God."

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  • The Spiritual Life of the Resurrection Fern

    April 1, 2024 /

    Let the breath of God restore you to new life.

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    A beautiful echo from the prayers of the past

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  • Discovering a new Chapel of Ease

    February 12, 2024 /

    Don't let your "Chapel of Ease" fall into ruins.

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  • Finding growth in barren places

    December 18, 2023 /

    "Deserts and wastelands will bloom and shout for joy." Is 35:2 It doesn't take much of an imagination to see that the prophet is also speaking to the desert landscape of our life.

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    Seeing God’s plan in a jigsaw puzzle

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  • Three people you need in your spiritual life

    October 16, 2023 /

    Three unique roles of Christian discipleship

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  • How the First Rule of Ignatius Caught Me by Surprise

    September 11, 2023 /

    You're never too far along in your spiritual life to neglect the basics

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  • Spiritual entropy: What is it & how to reverse it.

    August 28, 2023 /

    Entropy is the tendency of all things from order toward disorder. How do I keep this from occuring in my spiritual life?

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  • The first rule of spiritual accompaniment

    July 13, 2023 /

    One of the first rules in spiritual accompaniment is to go where the other wants to go. Little did I realize...

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