My sister and I were talking about those special moments in your life. Call them magical, call them spiritual, call them what you will, these are the moments when you connect with another person in a deeper, more meaningful way than you ever have before or perhaps ever will again. Sometimes they’re sexual, sometimes they’re… Continue reading Moments
Category: Friendship
Sunrises… and Thin Places
I love sunrises. That’s why you see one on this Web site. There’s something special about the peace and quiet and clean smells of sunrise, that chance to start it all over again, no matter how challenging the day before was. I see a lot of sunrises in the DC area where I live. I’ve been… Continue reading Sunrises… and Thin Places
Guides
We didn’t have a map, and we didn’t think we’d need one to find our hotel in Porto, Portugal’s second largest city. How difficult could it be? My sister and I knew the place was within a mile of City Hall, and surely that would stand out.
Holy Spirit Moments
It was about this time five years ago that I came up with the nerve to e-mail Anna LaNave. I’d been going to Mass at St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Arlington, seven blocks from my apartment, for about a month, and had seen a bulletin announcement about Landings, a program for those considering a return… Continue reading Holy Spirit Moments