Conversion Stories: Adapting Woody Allen

Conversion Stories: Adapting Woody Allen

A few days ago on TJP, my pal Joe Simmons asked: why pray? It’s a great question — and you should read what he has to say. But the question takes on a different dimension when asked by folks who are seekers, those looking for God but unsure of what they believe....
Google Knows Best?

Google Knows Best?

“You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you know when I click and what I search; you discern my purpose from afar.”  Two of these three lines are from Psalm 139.  I address the third to Google. According to Google, I’m a 65-year-old woman with interests in...
Finding God in the Midst of Chaos

Finding God in the Midst of Chaos

I spend my days in a Level I Trauma Center.  Most people familiar with Jesuit education imagine a Regent to be a high school teacher, but not all of us share that experience of Jesuit regency.  In May of 2010, I was assigned to the Regis University Jesuit Community to...
Home Safe: A Vision of Umpire Jesus (Part 1)

Home Safe: A Vision of Umpire Jesus (Part 1)

I laughed at the cross. In a moment of profound irreverence, in the midst of a 30-day silent retreat, I beheld the candle-lit crucifix hanging high on the wall of the chapel just behind the empty altar, and I laughed.  I laughed out loud.  Why, you wonder?  Well, to...