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The Greatest Gift

December 26, 2019 · Filed Under: faith, music, Words · Tagged With: faith, singing, vocation, writing

Christmas Tree

Better exhausted in the evening than bored all day.

 I’m not sure if I came up with that myself or heard it somewhere, but I often repeat it as I’m crashing into bed at the end of a long day. My days are full of both commitments and excitement, and I’m lucky to wake up most mornings excited for whatever the day brings.

Like any person, I have moments when I grumble about all the things I don’t have. When I feel like I don’t have enough, or like I am not enough, I remember that God gave me music in my life as both a passion and a gift, and that usually shames me into gratitude. This amazing gift should be enough for a thousand lifetimes.

But in truth the greatest gift is not my voice, or my ear for music, nor is it my love of writing and words: it’s the enthusiasm with which I long to use music and words to give glory to God. I write this knowing it could be misinterpreted as self-congratulation, but I don’t mean it that way. Having something that sets me on fire is entirely grace.

As I think about gift giving and receiving on this second day of Christmas, I wish I could give this fire to others: the fire that gets you out of bed, that makes you want to work hard, that gives you a mission and a purpose. I hope you already have it, or have started to find it.  My prayer is for everyone is to find that particular passion that fuels whatever skill they have, and to share that with the world.

The gift isn’t just having the song, it’s having something to sing about. I am very grateful.

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The End of Summer

September 2, 2019 · Filed Under: Places · Tagged With: biking, Boston, summer, training

sunny path

Today would be a beautiful day if it weren’t the end of summer. Labor Day is here, which most of New England uses to mark the end of the warm,Continue reading >>

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Nothing more

July 30, 2019 · Filed Under: faith · Tagged With: faith, ignatius, liturgical calendar, prayer, saints

Suscipe

Someone invited me to join a young adult group today and my heart skipped a beat at the thought that I am still young. Youth is in the eye ofContinue reading >>

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How to love your neighbor

July 17, 2019 · Filed Under: faith · Tagged With: faith, family, justice, peace, Scripture

Love your neighbor

There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test Jesus and said, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus said to him, “What is writtenContinue reading >>

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Performing Life

July 8, 2019 · Filed Under: faith · Tagged With: acting, performance, retreats, singing

headshot and me

How often are you acting like yourself, instead of being yourself? That was a question I confronted during the first silent retreat I went on, when I was in college. Stripped ofContinue reading >>

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