“I can’t seem to find time to pray…what type of prayer should I be doing?…What is the best form of prayer?” These are all questions that we ask ourselves at one time or another, and they are all good questions. …
GOD ABLAZE
Today’s memorial of Paul of the Cross reminds me of how my Mom loved crosses. I can’t tell you how many crosses mom collected, but it was clear that she loved crosses. All kinds of crosses, from the ornate to the very simple. …
THE FAMILY BUSINESS
It is commonly said that you can’t choose your family. We all seem to accept this as true to a certain extent. We tend to think of this sense of “family” as a blood-line determined by parents, grandparents, etc. There is, though, a broader sense of family that we find in the both the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures, and for that matter, in other religions as well. …
Fraying Space
(T)here is this embracing,
flesh of lace… holding…
onto all now Here –
(T)here is No (t)heir.
No outside to map
(W)here we are;
We Sketch our patterns
In fabrics of fiction.
An over-Sized bed
Sleeps three together;
Seamless spannings
Seem (n)ever to touch.…
THE WISDOM OF WOE
Why is it that many times we have to make our own personal mistakes, rather than learn from the mistakes of others? As children, our parents warned us about getting into certain situations or doing certain things that would result in less than ideal and sometimes painful consequences. …