by Claire Dwyer | Apr 25, 2024 | Discernment, Everyday Holiness, Present Moment, The Sacred Everyday
My friend and I were supposed to be strategizing, but we found ourselves commiserating. Working wives and moms of many, we had, in the past, diligently organized our little blocks of time. On paper, everything lined up in tiny, tidy squares. A time for this, a time...
by Claire Dwyer | Mar 18, 2023 | Creativity, Everyday Holiness, Spiritual Direction, The Sacred Everyday, Writing
We were wrapping up the Q&A session after my talk at an online writer’s conference. The recording had already stopped and I relaxed and stretched my legs under my desk as the moderator asked me to field a final question. It was one I’m asked frequently: How do you...
by Claire Dwyer | Feb 27, 2023 | Everyday Holiness, parenthood, Spiritual Direction, The Sacred Everyday
A few weeks ago, in a rare burst of organizational energy, I was cleaning out some files when I came across a folder that hadn’t been touched in…I don’t know how long. Before we moved ten years ago, for sure, and probably long before that. The faded purple...
by Claire Dwyer | Jan 30, 2022 | Mary, The Sacred Everyday
We were lingering over the lasagna, enjoying a casual dinner after the women’s conference this weekend. Our beloved Bishop Olmsted, sitting to my right, was listening attentively to one of the volunteers describe her devotion to the Carmelite saints. She shared...
by Claire Dwyer | Mar 22, 2020 | Everyday Holiness, Present Moment, Saints, spirituality, The Sacred Everyday
We have never needed the message in this video (below) more. Our nation-and the world-are slowly grinding to a standstill in the wake of a virus we were barely aware of a few weeks ago. How quickly things change…it wasn’t part of my ‘plan’...
by Claire Dwyer | Oct 13, 2019 | Discernment, Everyday Holiness, parenthood, Saints, The Sacred Everyday
We pulled into the school parking lot and swung open our van doors to let in the kids pile in, fresh from school and ready for snacks, sports practices, and all the activities of each evening. My friend smiled as they scurried around us, backpacks and water bottles...
