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In the spirit of full disclosure, I did not go to Mass last weekend. … increasingly MARY DeTURRIS POUST | 9/12/18 Casting Light on Darkness Woe to the shepherds who mislead and scatter the flock of my pasture, says the Lord…You have scattered my sheep and driven them away. You have not cared for them, but I will take superintendency to punish … increasingly By MARY DeTURRIS POUST | 8/1/18 Knowing When to Say When, In Pottery and Life Last Wednesday night, as I was getting ready to throne out to my fourth pottery class, I felt tired, uninspired and, quite frankly, ready to grab any excuse to skip class. But, without waiting several … increasingly MARY DeTURRIS POUST | 7/5/18 Feet First in a Journey to God If vision are the windows to the soul, I think feet may be the doorway to all understanding. That revelation came to me recently when I was in the front pew of my parish denomination in upstate New York. I … increasingly MARY DeTURRIS POUST | 6/6/18 Rome Moments When we returned from a weeklong family trip to Rome, several friends asked me to name the one monumental moment from the trip, the standout thing that made the visit. Was it seeing our son, Noah, … increasingly MARY DeTURRIS POUST | 5/9/18 ‘A Lesson to Love in Spite of It All’ A few weeks ago, I took my daughter, Olivia, to see a production of “Les Miserables” in a trappy old theater not far from our home. The show had been a favorite of mine when in the 1980s, when … increasingly MARY DeTURRIS POUST | 4/11/18 Seeking Easter’s Hope Amid Lenten Sorrows I stood in the upstairs hallway of our home recently, hugging my 12-year-old daughter, who was finally expressing outwardly the fears that must have been churning inside her for a day or so in the … increasingly MARY DeTURRIS POUST | 2/28/18 Seek the Divine in Daily Moments I am not in the regular rotation when it comes to walking our rescue dog, Jake, expressly at night. Dennis and Olivia handle most of the dog-walking duties in our household. But one recent Saturday … increasingly MARY DeTURRIS POUST | 1/31/18 Resolving to Evolve With the Spirit We were debating the merits of the latest Taylor Swift tome with our teenage daughter one Saturday morning recently, when the conversation morphed into a larger discussion on the way people in … increasingly MARY DeTURRIS POUST | 1/3/18 We Are One We live in a divided world, where our differences are driving a wedge between us, creating an ever-widening chasm that threatens to cut us off from each other completely. Or so it seems. When we … increasingly MARY DeTURRIS POUST | 12/6/17 Saying Thank You Tis the season to requite thanks, but what if we transpiration things up a bit this time around? It could be a gratitude throw lanugo of epic proportions, if we all make an effort. We once know that counting … increasingly MARY DeTURRIS POUST | 11/8/17 ‘For Those Who Are in the Process of Dying…’ I was recently sitting in a log-cabin chapel on a trappy lake in the lower Adirondack Mountains when the woman next to me offered a prayer intention during Mass: “For all those in the process of … increasingly MARY DeTURRIS POUST | 10/11/17 A Dose of Spiritual Medicine From a Wise Trappist Monk The past few months have been quite a spiritual roller-coaster for me due to an wits in early summer that pushed me past the breaking point. I couldn’t plane bring myself to shepherd Sunday … increasingly MARY DeTURRIS POUST | 8/29/17 Sometimes Our Kids Know What’s Best Dennis and I were sitting virtually the kitchen table one morning talking with our son, Noah, who is home from higher for the summer and working full time for the Diocese of Albany. Although he lives … increasingly MARY DeTURRIS POUST | 8/2/17 Taking a Vacation From Technology I was scrolling through my Facebook feed this week when a headline made me pause—and click: “I scrutinizingly let my journalism job destroy my marriage. Don’t make the same mistake,” it read. … increasingly MARY DeTURRIS POUST | 7/5/17 Art and Life When I was young, I bought into the notion that I was not good at art, that we were not good at art, as if it were possible to classify an unshortened gene pool as bad at any particular thing. But the … increasingly MARY DeTURRIS POUST | 6/7/17 Blessings in the Middle of It All One recent Saturday, my oldest and dearest friend posted on Facebook that she was at the hospital waiting to get a thoroughbred transfusion—her second in well-nigh a week’s time—to try to restore some of … increasingly MARY DeTURRIS POUST | 5/10/17 Grace Notes From a Far-off Friend I’ve been in drastic need of some grace these days. So much so, that I pulled a tarnished silver necklace validness the word “GRACE” out of my jewelry box and looked up a DIY silver … increasingly MARY DeTURRIS POUST | 4/12/17 ‘Shining Like the Sun’ I was standing in the dressing room of Lord & Taylor recently, waiting outside a sealed stall door as Olivia tried on dress without dress in the elusive search for the perfect prom attire. As I … increasingly MARY DeTURRIS POUST | 3/1/17 Wisdom’s ‘Slow Burn’ Every once in a while, something happens that gives me pause and makes me take note of the ways I am aging. I struggle to unshut a snifter of world juice and find myself struggling to budge the screw cap … increasingly MARY DeTURRIS POUST | 2/1/17 1 | 2 Next » Currently viewing stories posted within the past 2 years. For all older stories, please use our wide search. 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