Tucson – Picturing God

Arizona Desert Sunrise

January 11, 2013

“‘The desert will lead you to your heart where I will speak.’ This was my experience for the 10-week sabbatical at the Redemptorist Renewal Center in Tucson, Arizona. Each new day the spectacular sunrises and […]

Chapel at San Xavier del Bac

November 1, 2011

Chapel at San Xavier del Bac, outside Tucson. Submitted by Patrick Nugent. Join us in celebrating the saints this All Saints Day.

Sharing the Wisdom: What I Learned from a Friend About the Gift of Presence
By Rebecca Ruiz I can’t remember exactly when we met her. We had arrived in the snowy tundra in January of my fifth-grade year. I know it was after the permafrost had thawed, and it was after “mud season,” because she was wearing high heels as she stood there, not mud boots. It had been […]
Sharing the Wisdom: What I Learned from My Grandfather About Courage and Nature
By Marina McCoy When I was a child, my brother and I spent long summers with my grandparents on their retirement farm outside of Cornwall, Ontario. My grandparents were both immigrants from Latvia and often offered perspective or advice from their old country. Most of what I learned from them came in the form of […]
Sharing the Wisdom: What I Learned from My Grandfather About Art and Dreams
By Gretchen Crowder “Boys, stop throwing that ball in this room! I have one room of nice things. One. Go play somewhere else!” I screamed as I caught a ball just as it came dangerously close to shattering a glass owl vase. As I handed the boys the ball and ushered them out of the […]
Fall in Love Prayer Video
By dotMagis Editor Reflect today with this video of the popular poem “Fall in Love,” attributed to Fr. Pedro Arrupe, SJ. The poetic prayer is appropriate at any time of year, but in this month of Valentine’s Day we also recognize the formal opening of Arrupe’s cause for beatification and canonization, just days ago. As […]
Waving to a Stranger
By Shemaiah Gonzalez Standing in a piazza in Lucca, Italy, dappled sunlight shining down on me, I licked gelato al limone while my husband peeked in storefront windows. Our boys traded licks of their own flavors as they critiqued them with the seriousness of a Food Network expert. I whispered “I’m happy” to no one […]

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