Well friends, we are still in the midst of the Easter season. I forgot that until I sat down this morning and realized that as I write this, the celebration is not even halfway over! How consuming life has been since the Triduum, and so easy to jump back into the comfortable chaos of our days. I have been challenged by a tremendously stress-filled work environment, so it has been very easy to negate or ignore the opportunities for renewal and freedom that are available for me. There is a comfort in the known, even if I know it is dysfunctional and not what God wants for me. One of my biggest struggles over the last four decades has been a sense of inferiority. We lived simply as a family, comfortable but not in excess. […]