Run to the Mountain: Finding Strength in Surrender
This week I’m writing to you from the peaceful silence of Saint Joseph Abbey, a Trappist monastery in Spencer, Massachusetts, where I am on retreat...
Between Mountains: Praying for Peace
This morning, I ran past the Albertus Magnus College track before descending Science Hill. As the streetlamps lit up the pre-dawn darkness and...
What a Squirrel Taught Me About Seeking Jesus
I was running to the top of Sleeping Giant in Hamden yesterday morning, thinking about the encounter between the rich young man and Jesus in the...
Running Towards Peace: Keeping Our Eyes on Christ
At daily Mass these last few days we have been listening to Luke’s Gospel account of Jesus’s ministry in Capernaum. Jesus's encounters with demons,...