Help me live the time I have as fully as possible even as time races to the finish line. It is you who are in charge of time, in charge of human destiny, and so I ask, slow down, Lord.

LOWELL — Some places are special because of what happens there. Lillian Bernier says in this place, you feel it — a vibration that can move through you as softly as a summer breeze, or … ...

In “Dear Lord, Make Me Beautiful,” an evening-length dance, the choreographer considers what scares him but also what it might feel like to have burdens lifted.