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Healing Touches

Elizabeth Bookser Barkley, PhD May 10, 2025

Are there people in your life—personal or professional—who are recovering from surgery or long illness?

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Finding Common Ground

Melanie Rigney May 9, 2025

Dozens of communities rejected a plea to work in Hawaii among those with Hansen’s disease, once called leprosy. Marianne Cope and her sisters said yes.

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Visionary leadership requires clarity of vision and a commitment to inspiring others toward a shared purpose. St. Francis led with simplicity and humility, envisioning a world where love and compassion reign.

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I Didn’t Mean to Hurt You

Colleen Arnold, MD May 7, 2025

Part of our fallen human nature allows us to hurt others easily. Even if our intent is innocent, the impact can still cause pain.

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The Grace of the Day

Stephen Copeland May 6, 2025

Sometimes the demands that are placed upon us fuel expectations that mysteriously bind themselves to us. May this prayer inspire you to release the narratives and enjoy the gifts and grace of the day.

The Weather Effect

Carol Ann Morrow May 5, 2025

A dark cloud may mean a welcome rain, but it seldom lifts my spirit to say an Alleluia. I want sunshine.

Open to a Future in God

Ilia Delio, OSF May 4, 2025

We are invited into relationship with God who loves us and is faithful to us even when the world around us seems to fail.

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On Hold

Daniel Imwalle May 4, 2025

Have you ever made a call to a business or a doctor’s office and been placed on a very long hold? I know I have.

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Give Me Patience

Shannon K. Evans May 3, 2025

Patience is not simply a trait that one either does or does not possess; patience is a virtue that one chooses to develop.

Carlo Acutis and the Gift of Presence

Darleen Pryds, PhD May 2, 2025

“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” Often attributed to John Lennon, this quote from American journalist Allen Saunders speaks to me especially this week of April 21, 2025, as I write this piece…