The newsletter
Previous Newsletters
Printed issues of Of Seeds and Flowers, 2015–2026. The newsletter itself goes back to about 1982; earlier years are not in this on-site archive yet.
2015
10 printed issues
Dis-identification, questions for Mary at Christmas, and a healing story that asks whether we know Jesus.
2016
10 printed issues
Celebrate the Eucharist as if it were your first, last, and only Mass.
2017
10 printed issues
Silence before doing; dying to the false self; and a warning about tolerance that silences.
2018
11 printed issues
A tandem ride with God, passing through this world, and Christmas as an unplanned pregnancy.
2019
11 printed issues
Mary’s Field at thirty-six, centering prayer, the true self versus success, and thanksgiving that loves to the maximum.
2020
11 printed issues
Easter people in a corona year: big rocks first, busyness as the clever devil, and God who sells only seeds.
2021
11 printed issues
Truth and forgiveness, the Eucharist as living bread, a child’s prayer for a hot-water bottle, and Cindy’s umbrella in the rain.
2022
10 printed issues
Prayer that changes you, churches that keep dividing, and the masks we wear at All Hallows.
2023
12 printed issues
God’s original kiss, holiness in daily life, Washington under Providence, and a Gospel that should still shock.
2024
13 printed issues
Divine Mercy, wondering about married priests, those who believe never leave, and giving in to the truth.
2025
12 printed issues
Being before doing, Lent as walking on water, kintsugi, and the Bread of Angels in an age of doubt.
2026
9 printed issues
Go to church, do the truth, become a living flame — and never outgrow the need for God.