Noticing what's still (and always has been) true, good, and beautiful in the world.
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5 Quick Things #410 💍
Hi there,
It’s Wedding Week around here! As you’re reading this I’ve already written these words several days prior, and I’m happy to report that I’m feeling surprisingly calm and less busy than I’ve been in several weeks… It feels like we...
5 Quick Things #409 🐝
Hi there,
Last night we had what I hope was not our last family dinner ever (far from it, Lord willing!), but at least a focused family dinner that I insisted we intentionally put on the calendar before extended family and friends all star...
Book Chat: May '26 📚
….is there even time to read this month?
Happy Maycember!
5 Quick Things #408 🚶♂️➡️
Hi there,
I turned in my book edits on Monday! …And then immediately took a rare, mid-afternoon hour-long nap in celebration. 🎉 Every time I hit some major milestone—turning in a book manuscript, coming home from leading a pilgrimage, gra...
Grat Chat: April 2026 🍊
name ten things, big or small—you know you have them!
Hard to believe, but it’s already the end of another month! Which means it’s time for us to remember the good things, big or little, in our lives. Let’s roll up our sleeves and do this...
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Reminding us all what’s still beautiful, good, & true (even when it’s hard to see). Author, podcaster, pilgrimage guide, & teacher. Catholic convert. Indifferent to the zeitgeist. Yep, it's spelled correctly.
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