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Some Light in The Dark

What’s an hour? If you are waiting for the results of a test that might change your life, it can…

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Shaped Through The Desert and The Cross

Lent is an opportunity to enter the desert–that barren and challenging place–and there, to deepen our relationship with the Living…

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Candlemas: Old Traditions Through A Christian Lens

If Candlemas Day be fair and bright, Winter will have another flight; If Candlemas Day be foul with rain, Winter…

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A Letter To The Church

Dear Church, It’s been a month since the start of 2025. You’ve slowly been settling into this new year. And…

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Ponder and Wonder

Now and then, when reading St. Luke’s Gospel, the phrase that sticks out to me is: “But Mary treasured all…

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Announcing A New Diocesan Ministry Initiative—Mobile Ministry Bus

I am excited to announce an exciting new ministry initiative that our Diocese is undertaking. As we all remember, the…

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New Name, Same Ministry

“That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.” So says Juliet in the Shakespearean…

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Lost and Found: The Search for What Matters

I keep losing my TV remote. I think this is a side effect of: a) having kids, and b) having…

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Quiet Reflection: Following Mary’s Example in Our Journey With Christ

“[Mary] desired not to make known the secrets she had learned from Christ, but places the things she had read…

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The Best Gift of All

As I get older, I find myself getting more sentimental about things, especially the approaching Christmas season. I find myself…