Adele Gonzalez is the founder of Get With It, an organization committed to human and spiritual growth through the fostering of healthy relationships with self, others, the world and God. For 31 years, Adele worked as formation director for the Office of Lay Ministry of the Archdiocese of Miami. She was also an adjunct theology professor at Barry University for 12 years. She is the author of Spirituality of Community and Life is Hard, but God is Good: An Inquiry into Suffering.

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Ingrown toenails and the body of Christ

Soul Seeing
Dec 6, 2011

A few years ago I hiked the White Mountains of New Hampshire with my family. What I had not shared with anyone was that for weeks I had been suffering from an ingrown toenail in my big toe. After a couple of hours my toe was throbbing. I could hardly walk and was slowing down the group. The children were getting frustrated. Finally, my brother stopped and said, “Sit on that rock and give me your boot.”