Soul Seeing

Michael Leach and friends write about seeing God, the world and ourselves with the eye of the soul. Each column is a spiritual reflection on the beauty that hides behind appearances and the peace that is beyond all understanding.

A simple story of a life well-lived

by Mary Elizabeth Burns

Feb 5, 2019

Soul Seeing: Throughout his relatively short life, a constant flow of energy helped my nephew through situations that would have discouraged others.

Gospel's poor widow is homeless in Vermont

by Mark Redmond

Jan 22, 2019

Soul Seeing: As the director of a nonprofit organization in Burlington, Vermont, that helps homeless and at-risk teenagers, one of my principal duties is fundraising. This is what happened on one "Free Burrito Day."

Love leads to suffering, but we take the risk to love because we must

by Heidi Russell

Jan 8, 2019

Soul Seeing: God does not promise to fix what is broken; God promises to be present in the midst of the brokenness. The only antidote to the brokenness of the world is to surrender to love.

At Christmas, it's not the money that counts

by B.G. Kelley

Dec 22, 2018

Soul Seeing: I don't recall how many wreaths I made that first Christmastide. I do know that many of them found their way to a front door in Paradise. A front door without one of my pop's wreaths was like a church without a stained-glass window.

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A simple story of a life well-lived

Gospel's poor widow is homeless in Vermont

Love leads to suffering, but we take the risk to love because we must

At Christmas, it's not the money that counts

Under a 2-foot-tall tree, I played out the drama of Jesus' coming

Jesus loved imperfect people

My pilgrimage to 365 churches on five continents in 365 days

Breaking up is hard to do

My immediate reaction was to back down

There's a baby in this bath water, and we must save her

God is the ocean in which we all swim

Bishop Morrie resigns from diocese amid tears

This is why it's divine

Ambition becomes quiet passion for life

Blessed are you achievers, blessed are you duds

Lord, why am I not worthy?

Jew, Christian, Muslim: 'See the Beloved everywhere'

God is love, and God's face was looking at me for two years

Grace, human nature and my three homes

'Please ... forgive us': the story of my return to the church

Care for those in need, don't worry about 'credit'

The March for Our Lives changed me

Brace yourself: Here is the secret of happiness

Confessions of an 'in-between' Catholic

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