I do not know every sadness of humanity, Lord."Man of Sorrows, what a name for the Son of God, who came …"I do not know.Thou knowest. Each heart knows its own sadness, you have told us …And I believe… Continue reading

A mental note isn’t worth the paper it is written on. You can make mental notes all day long, but they lack the safety features of paper and digital notes. For one thing, you lose them. They exist, but they… Continue reading

  There are two roads to life. They have many expressions and characteristics, but I want to focus today on one dimension of choice: Playing it safe or risking everything. Most people agree that “stupid risks,” those made in a… Continue reading

"Where there is despair, [let me sow] hope." – Prayer of St Francis Oh God, there is so much despair in the world.Desp-AIR, taking the wind out of our sails, the bounce from our steps,The rhythm from our souls.Airless we… Continue reading

  "Don't bank on the power brokers of this world" is what the compiler and editor of the psalms identifies as the core message of Psalm 146. They can neither make you nor break you. God is on the side… Continue reading

  This is the description of a man whose very life irks people. Wicked people get angry with him. They gnash their teeth. Their feelings about him are visceral and consuming. His life holds up a mirror to their greed… Continue reading

  I memorized this as a young teen and it burned a home into my soul where it has lived, thrived, and nurtured me for fifty years.   Requiem by Robert Louis Stevenson   "Under the wide and starry sky… Continue reading

  I run, I leap, I fall, I plunge into the mystery. Certainty with redundancy has lost its radiance. It retains no power to attract my heart. Mystery envelops divinity and Divinity envelops mystery. Into that cloud I must go… Continue reading

“For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.” – Luke 19:10 Gru, is a super-villain, in the 2010 film, "Despicable Me," who adopts three girls. His motives are entirely self-serving, but something… Continue reading

  Let me see if I get this flow correctly from Luke 17:1-10. If we follow the implications, the conversation might be something like this: 1) First – Jesus says to avoid sin, never be a stumbling block for others,… Continue reading