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Gaudete!
When I make my morning tea and pray the Angelus, the little buds whisper, "Spring is coming."
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Celtic Advent Calendar 2023
With great joy, I share with you the 15th annual Celtic Advent Calendar (through Christmas to Epiphany!). You can read more about why I created this calendar he...
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A Contemplative Life
Contemplative life is not about creating a physically quiet life. Contemplative life can be lived in noisy contexts: families, cities, work, commutes, instabili...
Moving to Substack
Dear faithful followers, After much thought, I am going to move to Substack for future blog posts. Substack offers a strong community for writers and expanded o...
A Letter to Mary at the Foot of the Cross
A Good Friday homily preached via Zoom for St. John’s Episcopal Church, Dubuque. Isaiah 52:13-53:12Hebrews 10:16-25John 18:1-19:42Psalm 22
Observing Celtic Advent & Liturgical Time
This is the tenth year of the Contemplative Cottage Advent Calendar. Here is the 2023 calendar. I studied for my MDiv at a school embedded in a monastic communi...
Gardening Hearts – A Sermon
Once upon a time there was unfortunate young boy (or maybe he was very fortunate) who got swept into an adventure with some other children he despised. Thorny, ...
Spiritual Gardening: The Hope of Glory
Between the Ascension and Pentecost, the disciples waited and prayed, wondering what was next. We are waiting in uncertainty. How might we join those first disc...
Crowning Mary
One of the traditions for May 1st is the crowning of Mary, as a way to honor her yes to God to bear and raise Jesus. It honors her life of discipleship, present...