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Going withoutJaymie Stuart Wolfe

Fasting is everywhere, and it's trending. Intermittent fasting has become the single most popular approach to a healthy diet. Somehow, eating for only eight hours each day is making a difference for ...

The view from our knees Jaymie Stuart Wolfe

If you've ever had the opportunity to visit Florence, Italy, you know that just walking the streets is an experience of total immersion in artistic expression and achievement. Nothing is merely plain ...

To be holyJaymie Stuart Wolfe

''Be holy, for I, the Lord, your God, am holy" (Lv 19:2). Readings like that one certainly grab our attention. But sometimes the impact can make it hard for us to hear the rest of what's read. ...

The will is the way Jaymie Stuart Wolfe

Life is full of decisions. So full, in fact, that if we stopped to count the sheer number of choices we make in a single 24-hour period, most of us would stop wondering why we're so exhausted. We ...

Back to the riverJaymie Stuart Wolfe

There is always some relief when the holidays end. Schedules return to normal, and we enjoy feeling like we have more space because there's less clutter to take in. Christmas trees have mostly been ...

Wise men seeking Jaymie Stuart Wolfe

There's no doubt that God speaks through the Bible, but sometimes, it's very personal. There have been numerous instances when Andrew and I have looked at each other after a reading at Mass with ...

Three pages of 'joy'Jaymie Stuart Wolfe

When you move to a new city, it takes a while to find your place (or make one). Global pandemics don't help either. But over the past year, we've been able to get more involved, and our calendars ...

Counting the days Jaymie Stuart Wolfe

''Five, four, three, two, one, zero ... all engines running ... liftoff. We have liftoff." Every eye was glued to the small television wheeled into the classroom on the AV cart. When I was a kid, ...