Once upon a time, there was a boy. He was a young boy, barely into the double digits. But he did a horrible thing and…
Over the last two decades I have been a collector of sin in various ways, only this time around much of the sin was not my own, but the sin of others. Like an accumulation of pain and heartbreak. From disappointments to private isolation, from betrayals to rejections.
As I look around me, I see people of varying levels and degrees of faith. I know very few, if any, atheists. But I see…
OK, everyone, why all the pain, tragedy after tragedy, disappointment after disappointment? Why do so many lives sound like a country song? I’ve shared my…
If you seek to carry no other crosses but those whose reason you understand, perfection is not for you. — ST. TERESA OF AVILA
Jesus did not come to explain suffering, but to fill it with his presence. – Paul Claudel
My Lord and my God. In agony, the suffering of a bloody Lord is the only remedy of a broken heart. Often I have imagined…
I’ve lost my first born son on the feast of St. John, The first of twelve. I think I said more expletives yesterday than I…
The mask of self-determination can hide under anything, even God, especially God. My will be done, my Kingdom come is present in all of us…
Just an observation from a middle aged man, or at least a few months shy of 40. Within our tradition we have something called the…
