Thanksgiving and gratitude

Judging from the behaviors of many Americans at this time of year, I’m sure that many of my international grad students think that this American holiday is all about overeating, football and frenzied shopping on Friday.
So it’s good to pause and reflect on what I’m grateful for. A recent post addressed this, but I thought [...]

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1 Ph.D. plus 1 Ph.D. = brilliance?

Uhhh…not so much…
Here I am at National Airport in DC, the morning AFTER I was supposed to return to Detroit…it’s a funny story, so I thought I’d share the laugh with you all, and I have the blessing of the other person involved, as most of you who read this won’t know who she is.
So [...]

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Wiki nuns – look out world!

So here I am in the nation’s capital, hanging out with Sr. L after a board meeting at the American Society for Engineering Education. Part of my reason for sticking around is to do some tutorial sessions for some of our sisters here on a networking web site (on the free wetpaint.com wiki site) that [...]

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Priests suffering dire consequences for following their consciences

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been following the stories of a couple of my brother priests who are paying the price for standing their ground on matters of integrity to them. The interesting thing is that the consequences are coming, not from any civil authorities, but from the very Church they serve. Whether or [...]

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Looking back in gratitude…

At this time last year, I was a bit of a mess. A combination of season change, work stress, and brain chemistry conspired to catapult me into a rather intense and tenacious bout with anxiety and depression. One thing many religious communities have right is the encouragement and support for sisters to attend to all [...]

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“Gesu fix” and request for a miracle

Well, I’m at the Call to Action Conference in Milwaukee these days. For the break-out sessions, I’ve focused on nonviolence training, as this is something about which I have a lot of passion, and it’s something that my CSJ congregation has made a deeper commitment to this past summer. (I hope we dare to follow [...]

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Today, can we just be Americans?

Well, I’m sure most folks around the world know that we here in the U.S. are having presidential elections today. And it’s no secret that the weeks leading up to this day have been full of bombast and divisive rhetoric along party lines.
So I’m happy to say that everything about my voting experience today was [...]

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Quick check-in

Ahhh….my body really is trying to tell me something. My back went into spasms on Thursday, almost as constant and intense as before my surgery a couple years ago. Then I woke up Friday with a cold, which has been quite aggravating…there’s nothing like bracing for back spasms when one has to cough…
Back is settling [...]

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