A meditation on what’s important
It feels like a million years ago that I was a busy Christian. What do I mean by that term? My worldview was magical. I believed that God literally counted,…
Make it, sure… but don’t fake it – a meditation on The Feast of the Innocents.
This is Cedar Lodge. It is so named (recently, and by me) because it sits in a grove of massive cedar trees, near a lake, on an island, in the…
Christmas
This is Sugar-the-dog. She received a toy from my family that had not been wrapped. Under the tree, she spied it and with great and determined stealth, she retrieved it. …
Fear (a meditation in honor of my friend Kevin whose courage is amazing)
As a child, I was afraid of God. My mother taught me this horrific thing. She said that we all walk on the razor edge of sin and God's grace. …
Make your home, your church, full of human warmth.
Christmas is a difficult time for anyone willing to be honest. One can't heal what one does not feel. Christmas is a season full of expectations. The perfect family event. …
The Lusitania Watch
In 1915, at 2:12 pm, the unthinkable happened to a member of my family. The ship on which he was sailing was hit by a German torpedo. Family lore says…
Christmas ghosts
It is always at Christmas that I am so very relieved not to be going to church. With one notable exception, I have not set foot in one since June…
On aging
Sugar-the dog is getting old. She is a rescue dog, and her first 7 years were hard on her, tied up and beaten daily - outside a meth trailer -…
A poem sent from a friend at St. John’s Cathedral – stunning!
I want a god as my accomplice who spends nights in houses of ill repute and gets up late on Saturdays a god who whistles through the streets a god who…
the candy cane
One really must get out of one's own way in order to see the beauty of truth. But then one must summon courage, heart- strength, in order to face the…