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J. Mary Luti

J. Mary Luti is former associate dean at Andover Newton Theological School and a writer and retreat leader in Somerville, Massachusetts.

Teresa of Ávila: The Progress of a Soul, by Cathleen Medwick...

April 4, 2000

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,” our priest droned for the tenth time. His pedagogy was nothing if not dogged....

March 22, 2000

I had a childhood friend whose mother yelled at her a lot. Her mother's ravings, however, were rarely attached to identifiable offenses....

October 14, 1998

Jacob's new name is not just for him.

October 7, 1998

When I became a seminary administrator, a colleague at another school gave me this advice: "People always act from self-interest....

September 23, 1998

The deacons of a well-off parish announced that they would give grocery vouchers to strangers who dropped by the church office....

September 9, 1998

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