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With the annoucement of PNW Information Services going away, I felt super nostalgic about all things PNW. So much has changed since I started work in the biology lab years ago and even since I transitioned into IT. I walked around campus in the afternoon and wandered through the Gyte Building which used to house […]
Third Week of Easter: Pentecost with the Church Fathers The Third Week of the “Pentecost with the Church Fathers” book focuses on baptism. The authors write: Christ refuses to let our indecision and fear drive Him away, and that is the theme of the Third Week of Easter. p60 The questions for this week were […]
Stuart, Midi, and I spent Sunday afternoon at Gabis Arboretum: Purdue Northwest’s Planty Annex. Julie and I were discussing options for a potential series of prayer/nature walks and she reminded me that Gabis exists. I always think it’s farther away than it is. We wanted to go to the Dunes and hike the Bailey Cemetary […]
A few months ago, I signed up for a virtual retreat hosted by Lindenwood Retreat Center. It started with a two-hour in-person retreat on Sunday afternoon when we were given a page of Bible verses to pray with and supplementary readings. We were to pray with these verses for at least 45 minutes each day […]
I’m continuing my blog post from yesterday, Holy Week: Holy Thursday and Good Friday. I woke up early on Holy Saturday with the idea of doing some more baking, but instead, I lay awake in bed and talked with God. When I say “talked with God,” what I mean is I prayed, listened, meditated, and […]
Well, here we are, Reader. We’ve made it through Holy Week, 2024. Happy Easter! Lord Jesus Christ is risen today! Alleluia! How was your Holy Week? Was it difficult for you too? In continuing with the last post, I’ve recorded the color of each day: Color My Days: Holy Week 2024 Continued Holy Thursday: The […]
Yesterday afternoon (3/23/24) I wrote a first draft of a poem based on the prayer I pray before and after receiving Communion. Translating a prayer to a poem is difficult because a prayer is much more than words. I will have to revise this before it captures the prayer. Prayer Before Receiving Communion Dear God, […]
This cover of Blue Flow by Ichiko Aoba has been stuck in my head for a few days. It is such a sweet, sad song with hopeful notes. The lyrics are in Japanese but the chorus, roughly translated, is: In this blue planet’s seasFeathers drift on the wavesThe fading sadness,A prayer for tomorrow I wrote […]
Yesterday my husband Stuart came with me to the Fish Fry at Sorrowful Mother. My friend Belinda and her husband Henry came as well and we sat with another couple we are friends with from the 4pm St. Cecilia Mass. There were many people there and it was so loud. But Stuart was there and […]
Today is Pi Day. Because it falls so close to my birthday, I used to be obsessed with Pi Day and pi in general. When I was 17 or so I decided to memorize pi to the 314th place (NERD!). I broke up the task into chunks and memorized pi to the 31st decimal place […]
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