Elizabeth Bookser Barkley, PhD

Reflect  Three times in chapter 20 of John’s gospel, Jesus greets his disciples with “Peace be with you.” How well he knew them, his “brothers,”

Reflect When we think of nourishment, our first thought is probably related to our bodies, specifically food. And while physical nourishment is, of course, very

Reflect  Early morning in Michigan, I am with a friend listening to bird songs, including a persistent loon. “I love watching loons on the lake,”

Reflect Wisdom from retired Sisters of Charity to new students at my university: “Start your day by being grateful.” “Remember God is always with you.”

Reflect “Can we talk this weekend?” texted my long-distance friend. After the recent death of her cousin, it had become important that she stay in

Reflect Among those processing into Mass were a woman unloading a walker for her husband in a leg brace, a husband leaning over to push

Reflect As predictable as the morning light streaming through my porch window—he’s at it again. My aging neighbor shuffles out his front door down his