Pause+Pray

Reflect It’s tough to be patient when we are waiting for God to act in our lives. One recent morning I watched a snowy egret. She stood patiently in the shallow water of the sound–nearly motionless–for almost an hour. She ...

Reflect One of the saddest realizations of our current culture is how polarized we Americans have become—politics, faith, how we treat people different than us. While polarizations are living in camps or opposite spectrums, alienation completely isolates and ignores those ...

Saint Francis of Assisi famously said, “Let us begin again, for up to now we have done nothing.” Each day is a new start to make a difference in the world around you, to soak up God’s mercy and love ...

Today we remember those who have gone before us—especially those who may have no one to pray for them.

All Saints’ Day reminds us that we are not alone on the journey. We’re surrounded by a cloud of witnesses, cheering us on.

Halloween, or All Hallows’ Eve, is a reminder that death is not the end, but rather a crucial part of the journey to new life.