Adjusting Our Lens
Kathy Coffey
September 3, 2023
Reflect The way we see others is determined by the lens through which we look. Maybe our own limitations and biases cloud the picture. Perhaps
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Kathy Coffey
Kathy Coffey, mother of four, authored Hidden Women of the Gospels and Women of Mercy (Orbis). She gives many retreats and workshops; her favorite is a mother-daughter retreat.
A Study in Compassion
Kathy Coffey
August 26, 2023
Reflect Scientists who study compassion underline and enrich what religious traditions teach. Research at the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley,
God’s First Book
Kathy Coffey
June 28, 2023
Reflect St. Bonaventure said creation was God’s first book, leading us back to God if we “read” it properly. Choose some natural wonder: a leaf,
Made in God’s Image
Kathy Coffey
June 23, 2023
Reflect When Jesus says, “Be compassionate as your Father is compassionate” (Luke 6:36), many people feel inadequate. But reconsider: we have God’s vast power to
Hope in Action
Kathy Coffey
June 10, 2023
Reflect “All it takes is one good person to restore hope! “ (Laudato Si’ #71) A personal exercise in hope might be counting the shades
Offer Compassion
Kathy Coffey
June 8, 2023
Reflect Sadly, one of the last places we expect to find compassion is in a government bureaucracy or customer service center. Yet what unexpected delight
The Music of Water
Kathy Coffey
May 15, 2023
Reflect The calming effects of water on the human spirit are well known. It’s easy to see why water-front property is so valuable when we