From the moment of her birth, my granddaughter has retaught me one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit that we learn at Confirmation: a sense of wonder and awe.
Valerie Schultz
Valerie Schultz is a freelance writer, a columnist for The Bakersfield Californian and the author of Till the Moon Be No More: The Grit and Grace of Growing Older. She lives on the Oregon Coast.
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What a polarized world can learn from the earliest Christian community
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Second Week of Easter, by Valerie Schultz
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What happens when forgiveness becomes a habit
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent, by Valerie Schultz
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Worried you retired too early? Some tips for making the most of your twilight years
If you’ve recently retired from the workforce, you know that the question can assail you in unguarded moments: Did you retire too soon?
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Every family has drama—even in Genesis
A Reflection for Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time, by Valerie Schultz
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Fellow boomers: Have a little faith in Gen Z
Parents always think the world is going to hell in a hand basket, and their kids are the hapless passengers in the front. And parents are usually wrong, but not for the reasons they would think.
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Getting to know the heart of St. Juan Diego
A Reflection for Friday of the Second Week of Advent, by Valerie Schultz
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Nevertheless, the widow persisted
A Reflection for Saturday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time, by Valerie Schultz
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Space travel lets us see the earth as God sees it—and us
It may be a stretch to say that space made baby Boomers believe in God, but the possibilities and potential of space shaped us. The spirituality of space has stayed in our souls.
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St. Thérèse and the beauty of childlike spirituality
A Reflection for Friday of the Twenty-Sixth Week in Ordinary Time, by Valerie Schultz