Walking Down a Different Street

Dear Spiritual Family, How is your new year going so far? We’re just a few days in and perhaps, already, a couple of things may have come up that you didn’t anticipate. Situations, challenges and hopefully, good surprises and helpful conditions may have come your way....

The New Year

Dear Spiritual Family, Thank you! Even as the words, “spiritual family” find their way onto the page, I am struck by the beauty and power of this salutation. You are so dear to Mary and me. We are blessed to know you and humbled to be a part of your life. Happy New...

The Spirit of Christmas

Dear Spiritual Family, Merry Christmas! What a gift to be in touch with you at this special time.  In the video service for Christmas Sunday, Mary opens with the reading from Luke of Jesus’ birth – a touching reminder of the powerful demonstration of the faith,...

Joy to the World

Dear Spiritual Family, How’s your “Joy Quotient” around this time? Good, we hope. Off the chart, we hope. Maybe lagging, a bit? You’re not alone. With this being the final Sunday before Christmas we focus on the theme of “Joy” – not joy at a surface level but a...

Love and Joy

Dear Spiritual Family, Happy Third Sunday of Advent! In the video message that accompanies this letter, we focus on love and touch on “joy,” as it is the central theme of the Fourth Sunday of Advent. We will address joy more fully in our letter to you next week. Mary...