Someone wrote a Facebook post this morning about her breakfast of figs and yogurt.  It brought this memory to mind. The man stood each night in the shadows in the alley between his house and the house next door, only about four or five houses from the one we lived in.  An elderly man.  I […]

What Pope Francis is calling “the Season of Creation” began on September 1 and continues through October 4.  the Pope is encouraging Christians around the world to pray for the care of creation and to consider ways to act. You can find the full text of Pope Francis’ statement here. message, and I encourage you […]

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 […]