Today I received an email that our retreat for this weekend, the retreat entitled “Big Love,” has been cancelled. We didn’t have a single person signed up. I’m definitely disappointed. And I would not be as worried if it weren’t…
Today I received an email that our retreat for this weekend, the retreat entitled “Big Love,” has been cancelled. We didn’t have a single person signed up. I’m definitely disappointed. And I would not be as worried if it weren’t…
This last weekend, at our retreat, we created a modern twist on the Stations of the Cross. Late on Thursday we realized that it would be too rainy to plan on using the outdoor stations of the cross at our…
Tomorrow I get to go out to San Damiano Retreat in Danville, California. It’s out near where I grew up and went to high school. While it’s only about an hour away, it always feels like going “home” in some…
I whipped up a little video trailer on the August retreat Father Rusty and I are working on, hopefully for use on the San Damiano home page. Here’s a sneak peek before it goes “prime time” –
A happy, slumbering angel in the garden at San Damiano. I’d love to curl up like this for a nap and unwind in the peace of a heavenly place.
At our “Living Joy to the Fullest” retreat, we took part of the afternoon to walk the stations of the cross. San Damiano’s stations are set in a gorgeous outdoor oak grove. Growing up, I never walked the Stations. I…
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most.We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and…
This is my 300th post, and just today I hit 50 followers! I thought there would be no better way to celebrate the last two and a half years by looking at some of the highlights. One of my hopes…
At our last retreat, “Living Joy to the Fullest,” we asked the participants to think of ways that they could do things for others. We were looking to ways to focus on how our actions can impact others, and bring…