Bridging the Past: Lest We Forget
This past week, I have been at Mercy by the Sea, a retreat and conference center in Madison, Connecticut, on the shores of Long Island Sound (pictured above). One of the popular…
Discoveries on the High Line
“Have you walked the High Line yet?” This question kept coming back to me and my companion in community when we first found ourselves living in New York City. The…
Our New Neighbours in Manhattan
It is Monday morning, and I am at the Migrant Center of the Church of St. Francis of Assisi in Manhattan, one of a team of volunteers readying ourselves to…
From Survival to Solidarity
September 11. Memories of that fateful day when horrific terrorist attacks forever changed the lives of thousands of people reverberate still in global consciousness. The 9/11 Memorial in Manhattan was…