Left Behind
We said good-bye to the Queen of England this past week, with all the pomp and pageantry that England could offer. I was surprised to be up early in front of the TV because I haven’t been a fan of “the royals.” I do remember making a scrapbook of pictures cut from Life magazine when she became […]
Tone Matters
When I told a dear female friend of mine that I was writing a reflection on Luke 10:38,* she rolled her eyes. “You mean where he scolds Martha for doing housework?” she asked with a sigh. “C’mon, Jesus. Really?” I’d been turning the Luke passage over in my mind for a week now, looking up […]
Pure Joy
This Sunday’s gospel story, often called The Parable of the Good Samaritan, tells us how to live well and be happy: “Love God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and love your neighbor as yourself.”* Obviously, sadly, there’s something most of us on this […]
Keys to the Door – Apr. 20, 2022
“Asking the proper question is the central action of transformation… Questions are the keys that cause the secret doors of the psyche to swing open.” –Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
