Holy Week
PLEASE NOTE: Due to my upcoming work, travel, and gardening schedule, until further notice I will be writing my blogs on the 1st and the 15th of each month – not every week. The next blog will come out on … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Musings on Life
NYC – My Home Town
PLEASE NOTE: Due to my upcoming work, travel, and gardening schedule, until further notice I will be writing my blogs on the 1st and the 15th of each month – not every week. The next blog will come out on … Continue reading →
Pondering Lent
Last week I led a Lenten Retreat for a very special group of women in California. They were incredibly open, receptive, and unguarded – willing to share their thoughts and feelings from their hearts. The focus of the retreat was … Continue reading →
Gary, Story of Hope – Part III
For the last two weeks, I have written about Gary, a recovering alcoholic and addict, who even to this day continues to reach out to help others. On September 11, 2001, from his office Gary saw the twin towers of … Continue reading →
Gary, Story of Hope – Part II
Last week I wrote about Gary, a recovering alcoholic and addict, who from his office saw the twin towers of the World Trade Center collapse. He asked God to use him and started walking and found himself in a Triage … Continue reading →
Gary, Story of Hope – Part I
‘Gary, is that you?’ I asked. There he stood holding the huge processional cross at my church, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in NYC. I couldn’t believe my eyes; I hadn’t seen Gary for almost 10 years. We … Continue reading →
Where is God in This?
Last week Mayra, a beautiful young woman whom I work with as her spiritual companion, was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer. Mayra is a brilliant woman, a professor with a Ph.D., and is the mother of a precious little boy. … Continue reading →
Extremely Loud
Last week I wrote about how I loved to hear the beautiful sound of snow falling, that the silence of the snow seemed to demand that it should be ‘heard.’ This past week I saw the powerful movie Extremely Loud … Continue reading →
The Silence of Snow
I live in one of the busiest and noisiest cities in the world, New York City. But I’m fortunate to have a tiny house in the country where I can escape when I need to quiet myself, calm my soul, … Continue reading →
Re-Connecting with God
At a retreat I led recently, I asked the participants to take time to ponder the meaning of the words we were saying as we read the scriptures, said prayers, or sang a hymn. Usually we recite prayers or sing … Continue reading →