These many beautiful days cannot be lived again. But they are compounded in my own flesh and spirit, and I take them in full measure toward whatever lives ahead.
-Daniel Berrigan, SJ
Archive for the ‘Catholicism’ Category
19 Oct
These many beautiful days
15 Oct
Communal Hope
Rob and I spent some time chatting with LMU students last night about Creation Care. Officially, he and I were speakers on the topic for a “Theology on Tap” gathering. But, as seems to continally be the case, I found that as we ministered, so we received blessings tenfold.
These young men and women were mostly seniors [...]
9 Oct
Never the Same
I’m sorry I haven’t been on for a few days. I, along with the community of Loyola Marymount University, am mourning the loss of one of our most beloved family members: Sr. Peg Dolan.
Sr. Peg was one of the best mothers I knew, and she never had any biological children. She remembered the names of [...]
2 Oct
Empowerment
Be the change you wish to see in the world. -Mahatma Gandhi
One of the most wonderful things about my time as a high school teacher was seeing the students actively live out the values that we discussed in our daily 50 minutes together. It was seeing the “a-ha!” in their eyes when they realized they [...]
1 Sep
Preparation
September is here again, and in this month I will begin my second year at Fuller Seminary. Technically, I’m about 1/2 way through my MDiv program because of my transfer units, but that will all be evened out this year as I cut back a little on classes. I’m hoping to focus more and more [...]
26 Aug
Death in a Faith of Life
As I finished typing the last few words of an outline for a talk I’ll be giving in a month and a half, I felt a the creaks of a body that had been sitting for far too long today in front of a computer. The weather was beautiful and the sun was calling me outdoors, [...]
11 Aug
Working Toward Community
One of the joys of this past week was that we were able to host many different friends in our home. We cleaned our home, making sure it was a welcoming space. We made some homemade butter, baked bread, and made ice cream. We prepared meals from our CSA and farmer’s market produce, eggs, and [...]
29 Jul
Timing
Rob saw him first. There we were, taking the opportunity of an extra-long layover on our way home from New Jersey to walk around the terminals in Dallas Fort-Worth. We wandered into an area that we had never gone through before, just enjoying the chance to stretch our legs–after all, we still had another 3 hour [...]
14 Jul
Held in tension
I recently bought a used violin at a garage sale in the hopes of teaching myself the fiddle. I’m learning quickly this is no easy endeavor; not that I anticipated it would be a breeze, but for all you violin/fiddle players out there, I tip my hat to you.
One of the most interesting things about [...]
11 Jun
“Why would you want to do that?”
Such was the reaction of my parish priest when I recently told him that I wanted to get my Master of Divinity degree. Now, I know that he wasn’t trying to offend me or even dissuade me, but the question nonetheless irked me a little bit. I explained to him that I believe an MDiv [...]
Just a joyful Catholic girl trying to live as simply and consciously and gratefully as possible in this beautiful, amazing world...and bringing as many as possible along for the ride.