curiosity and acid
When we humans face directly into suffering we do what animals do - we do what Kai-the-dog does. We pull away. If Kai sees a vacuum cleaner he runs…
Making all things new and messy
When God says “I am making all things new.” I wonder if we are really into that. I mean, do we want all things new? Or do we prefer to…
God – trying to communicate
As I get older, I have an increased compassion for God. No longer a “He” and no longer an “old man” on a throne with my file on his lap,…
The road to everywhere
When Jesus walks with his new friends on the Road to Emmaus, he simply comes along-side them for a while. They tell stories. Jesus opens scriptures and they tell Him…
A new Easter Week Triduum
We work so hard at getting the agony right and then the ecstasy stands waiting in our exhaustion like a puppy with a new bone in a house full of…
Please, I need your help
Friends, my name if Charles LaFond and I am the writer of "The Daily Sip," a blog of what I call "domestic spirituality." I am writing to ask a favor…
Fluent in Thunder – A Holy Week Poem
Nature. She has Her languages too, in which we are not always fluent. Lest we understand her cries for mercy. It is hard to imagine what She felt that week.…
Home
I think that what each of us want is home. We make a house, a home. Home. That is what we want. Most of us here have at least houses…
sinful desires
In the Rite of Baptism we renounce things before we turn and embrace things. One thing we renounce is “sinful desires” and I a wondering about that because i…
courage
Courage is easiest to see in hindsight. It has a tail, like the wake of a ship. It is best seen looking back and gathering all the little hints to…