A Reflection for Friday of the Second Week of Advent, by Valerie Schultz
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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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
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Worldly wisdom is foolish in the eyes of God
A Reflection for Thursday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time, by Valerie Schultz
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The secret to aging—physically and spiritually—with grace
Walking the walk has always been my metaphor of choice for growing closer to God, for following the path to a sturdier faith, for keeping my feet on holy ground. Who am I if I am unable to walk?
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The church is about much more than just following rules
A Reflection for Friday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Valerie Schultz
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Mothers don’t need your opinion on breastfeeding. We need the formula shortage to end—now.
I feel qualified to tell everyone who has not attempted to nurse an infant to shut it.
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I’m afraid to return to Mass in person. And it’s not because of Covid.
I’m afraid, but not of the virus. Frankly, I’m afraid of what I will see, of what I will hear when I get there and step inside the church.
Posted inFaith, Lent Reflections
Marriage is a master class in forgiveness
A Reflection for the Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent, by Valerie Schultz