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Miracles

Bob Hamera is hosting our Spiritual Journey cohort this month. He invited us to reflec on miracles. "What are the...

PATRICIA FRANZ|Mar 7, 2024| Spirituality| 11 Comments

Thank you, Ramona, for the reminder to look for goodness, even in unexpected places. You can read Ramona's post here...

PATRICIA FRANZ|Feb 1, 2024| Spirituality| 17 Comments

“Showing up is a holy practice.” These words came from Rabbi Sharon Brous, by way of a NYT article a couple of weeks...

The Power of ANDOLWIt was only last year, having fallen in love with both the Poetry Friday and the Spiritual Journey...

PATRICIA FRANZ|Dec 11, 2023| Spirituality| 10 Comments

Thank you to Jone who offered our December prompt. Click on her name to read a heartbreaking reflection on holding...

PATRICIA FRANZ|Nov 2, 2023| Spirituality| 12 Comments

I like to think that in God's infinite love, God knew we would need a way to make sense of pain and suffering. Maybe...

PATRICIA FRANZ|Sep 3, 2023| Spirituality| 18 Comments

One of the best – and shortest – homilies I ever heard was given by a deacon on Ash Wednesday some years ago. Instead...

PATRICIA FRANZ|Aug 3, 2023| Spirituality| 11 Comments

What is it about a word that wends its way into your very being and then insists on staying awhile, till you begin to...

Carol is leading us this month in reflecting on the joy of summertime. Click on her name for her visual and poetic...

"I am the dance, and I still go on..." We sang “Lord of the Dance” in many Catholic liturgies during the Easter...

PATRICIA FRANZ|Apr 6, 2023| Spirituality| 12 Comments

It’s 1965. I’m 6 years old. It’s Good Friday. What I know: There will be fish for dinner. Again. Yuck. We...