I saw the poem Advice to Myself by Louise Erdrich posted as part of the Minnesota Institute of Art’s Exhibit of Native Women Artists.   It contains some good wisdom. Leave the dishes. Let the celery rot in the bottom drawer of the refrigerator and an earthen scum harden on the kitchen floor. Leave the black […]

Today the United States celebrates Independence Day, the day we celebrate our birth as an independent nation. It is a good day on which to ask ourselves what we stand for. The most recognizable phrase we associate with the Statue of Liberty is Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe […]

Tonight was the opening session of the Lenten Ignatian Retreat at St. Thomas More.  After this initial large group meeting, small retreat groups will meet weekly, and participants will pray each day with materials we provide to them that are based on Weeks 2 and 3 of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. I gave […]

Today was the second session of the Fall Reflection Series that Jennifer Wright and I are offering at the University of St. Thomas (on the Minneapolis campus) this year.  The theme for this five week series is Women of the Bible. In last week’s opening session, Jennifer spoke about Sarah and Hagar.  (You can find her talk […]

Monday was the first session of the Fall Reflection Series that Jennifer Wright and I are offering at the University of St. Thomas (on the Minneapolis campus) this year.  Our theme for the five week series is Women of the Bible. Monday I briefly introduced the series and Jennifer spoke our our first subjects: Sarah […]