When God Blog-Bombed Me

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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Christianity: Communal or Private?

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It's been another one of those seasons when I don't feel like saying much. At least not much about the things I have been writing ab...
Monday, January 28, 2013

The Delight of Using Things Up

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Sometimes I need to discipline myself to not hang on my computer, but oddly enough right now, due to household circumstances, it's one o...
Saturday, January 19, 2013

What is this Detachment Thing?

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Pondering this detachment thing. For years I have come to Scripture passages about denying oneself, and I've always gotten a bit muddi...
Friday, January 18, 2013

Defeating Craving with Gratitude

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So, it seems to me today that a key antidote to craving is gratitude. Makes sense, right? Craving says That is so good that I want more! ...
Thursday, January 17, 2013

Detachment vs. Connection

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We keep a garbage can right next to our mail slot, because a lot of what comes in the mail goes straight in there. Some of it sits on our ma...
Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Something. A Beginning

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Something has happened. I've been writing about this trial, this ordeal that I've been experiencing, and I've got to say it: s...
Monday, January 14, 2013

Simple Meditation for Ordinary Time

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This morning, my pastor preached a homily that presented three themes from the gospel that he proposed we meditate on during Ordinary Time. ...
Tuesday, January 08, 2013

Love, Pain, Refusal, and Change

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The other day I posted and wrote about the January 1st message from Anne, a Lay Apostle. My heart has been drawn back to it again and again....
Sunday, January 06, 2013

Personal Epiphany

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Faith seeking understanding: that, I learned early on, is the Catholic definition of theology. I realize it is also pretty much how I approa...
Wednesday, January 02, 2013

Slaves, Saints, and Colossians

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This morning as I was praying the Office of Readings , the following Scripture leapt out at me: To slaves I say, obey your human masters ...
Tuesday, January 01, 2013

January 1 Message from Anne, A Lay Apostle

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It often happens this way, but today it happened again. I read this message and its impact on me was huge. Actually, what impacted me was th...
Thursday, December 27, 2012

The Year I'd Rather Forget... Maybe

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This has been a year that, simply put, I never wish to repeat. In reality it has probably been one of the most important years of my life in...
Friday, December 21, 2012

Thoughts on Responding to Suffering

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Sitting down to the keyboard to see if I can't sort through some thoughts. I'm thinking about how I respond to the suffering of fr...
Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Things Yet to Come

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Advent has my heart about ready to explode. Truly, I have this spiritual throbbing sense that I imagine is comparable to what kids feel when...
Thursday, December 13, 2012

Coming to Peace with my Brain

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So, here's something else I've learned lately. I'm learning about how to get along with my brain. It is rather rare and unusua...