Tender Spirit Sophia, Wrap me round with your love.  Ready me for risk.  Fierce and wonderful you are.  Free me, Spirit Sophia, So that I might serve as you would have me serve.  Amen Taken from: "Prayers for a New World" by Betsy Clarke,...

I wish all my friends who are mothers, grandmothers, great grandmothers....a very happy Mother's Day.  Today in the homily which Nick and I gave together, we used the Gospel account of the vine and the branches comparing it to the umbilical cord with which we were all...

We arrived back on the shores of awesome Australia on April 25.  The journey over went well.  No delays, baggage arrived with us.  These days that is a "great" trip! Our neighbors sent an email saying that the day after we left they saw a mother bear and four cubs in...

We arrived home (to our center in NW Wisconsin) on Tuesday afternoon, April 14.  Since leaving in late January for our Lenten work, we have driven over 5,000 miles.  All of the parishes received us so well.  We have made many new friends.  I feel very grateful for the...

We are still on our Lenten road journey on the East Coast of USA.  We have completed three parishes and are working at the fourth parish.  The last parish (next week) will have a new format.  We will be using Albert Nolan's book Jesus Today in the morning sessions. ...