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Kathy Coffey

Kathy Coffey, mother of four, authored Hidden Women of the Gospels and Women of Mercy (Orbis). She gives many retreats and workshops; her favorite is a mother-daughter retreat.
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Models of Gratitude

Kathy Coffey December 30, 2023

A truly grateful person overlooks the negatives to focus on the world’s abundant delights. People want to be around them, to become as thankful as they are.

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Compassion in the Worst Places

Kathy Coffey November 19, 2023

One of the most compelling calls to compassion comes from one of the worst places: a Nazi concentration camp. There, the dying Betsie ten Boom told her sister, “there is no pit so deep that [God] is not deeper still.”

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The Hardest to Forgive

Kathy Coffey October 28, 2023

“The people who haven’t earned it, who haven’t even sought it, are the most meaningful recipients of our compassion… “

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The Fruits of Our Labors

Kathy Coffey September 4, 2023

We may never see the fruits of our labors. We won’t know how a word or a kindness affects another person. But if we plant the first seed, then God can pour forth an abundant harvest.

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Adjusting Our Lens

Kathy Coffey September 3, 2023

Reflect The way we see others is determined by the lens through which we look. Maybe our own limitations and biases cloud the picture. Perhaps

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