Visitation I was months into the heaviness Of child-carrying, swaybacked and swollen, and my husband Mute as an old stone— So that I...

Bobby and David own a large Christmas tree farm up in Virginia. But this year hasn't been very good for Christmas trees. For one, the two...

"There will be no gloom for those who are in anguish...the people who walked in darkness have seen a great light." ~ Isaiah 9. 1 - 7...

Stir up your power, O Lord, and with great might come among us; and. because we are sorely hindered by our sins, let your bountiful grace...

Today we remember St. John of the Cross, mystic and coiner of the phrase "dark night of the soul." His dark nights were physical,...

The confrontation with one's individual hidden qualities (shadow) and owning those qualities without the temptation of assigning them to...

The only true joy on earth is to escape from the prison of our own false self, and enter by love into union with the Life Who dwells and...

Then Jesus told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees; as soon as they sprout leaves you can see for yourselves and...

Perhaps these words from the prophet Isaiah are the best image of a level playing field! (Edward Hicks famous paining is not a bad visual...

" The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. Every valley shall be filled, ...