tapestry

  • The Great Tapestry of God – Raised Catholic 127

    The Great Tapestry of God – Raised Catholic 127

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 127: The Great Tapestry of God Hi friends. As I explained in last week’s episode, I am newly back from a week’s pilgrimage in Rome, and I had so many deep spiritual experiences there…

  • Everything Means Something – Raised Catholic episode 39

    Everything Means Something – Raised Catholic episode 39

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 39: Everything Means Something Well, hello friends.  As I sit on my porch and write these words today, there is a red dragonfly sitting just a few feet away in a bush.  Whenever I see a dragonfly,…

  • Quilt

    Quilt

    “What’s that yellow thing behind you?” asked a book club friend on our shared zoom call.  I turned to look behind me at a pair of quilts that are draped over the rocking chair in my bedroom.  Made up of squares from the long-outgrown clothes of my children, these quilts are in the background of…

  • Wheel

    Wheel

    I used to think that God worked in details, orchestrating events and people in time like a tapestry. Then I didn’t believe it.  Then for a long time, I hoped it was true. Yesterday, God showed off in a hatful of ways about the veracity of that belief: even if we can’t always see it, God is…

  • Move

    Move

    On our street, we bring treats to new neighbors. I remember thirteen years ago, walking with my then six-year old daughter a few doors down to leave a wrapped banana bread on a covered porch in the rain. We couldn’t have known then that our new neighbors would become our dear friends, couldn’t have guessed…

  • Threads

    Last night, I dreamed that a car took me to a home I haven’t visited in years. As I walked to the door, I was unsure of why I was even there, but I was greeted and ushered inside by friends with lots of love and care. The children inside the house had not aged…