“Hope” is the thing with feathers -That perches in the soul – And sings the tune without the words – And never stops – at all”

—Emily Dickinson

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Latest Posts

  • Do You Love the People – All the People?

    Here is some guidance from the Hebrew scriptures on how to vote. How will we believe such candidates? We will listen to their words and we will watch their lives. Continue reading

  • Photo by Karsten Winegeart on Unsplash He said, “‘Go away. The girl is not dead but asleep.’ But they laughed at him.” Only the last laugh counts! “…he said, “Go away, for the girl is not dead but sleeping.” And they… Continue reading

  • How to Find a Missing Sock or Anything Else

    Photo by Jametlene Reskp on Unsplash What happened to all the missing socks? They are in the Twilight Zone. There they formed a coalition of mix-matched socks and were animated by a race of invisible shape-shifters. The symbiotic partnership is a… Continue reading

  • That Being Said

    I the past, it was always my practice to to forget what red and blue are as designations for political persuasions and states. I have been losing the game because these colors are constantly in my face. I still now… Continue reading

  • That Being Said

    I the past, it was always my practice to to forget what red and blue are as designations for political persuasions and states. I have been losing the game because these colors are constantly in my face. I still now… Continue reading

  • Gruntled or Disgruntled

    Are you disgruntled? Or are you gruntled? Gruntled is a real word, one of the few positives derived from a negative. "disgruntle (v.) 1680s, from dis-, here meaning "entirely, very," + obsolete gruntle "to grumble" (Middle English gruntelen, early 15c.),… Continue reading

  • Snippets to Digest Today

    Richard Rohr takes the doctrine of the Trinity to illustrate how we, as Christians, must celebrate "clear distinction, pluriformity, and otherness," while affirming that "the infinite trust and flow between them is so constant, so reliable, so true, and so… Continue reading

  • Seeds to Plant and Ears to Hear Mark 4 3 25 Continue reading

  • A Digest for Readers and Listeners – If You Have Ears to Hear

    “It costs so little to teach a child to love, and so much to teach him to hate.” – Servant of God Father Edward Joseph Flanagan, 1886-1948 “Christian charity does not consist in the shedding of tears, or in mere… Continue reading

  • The Long Shadow

    It was 1997 or 1998 when I snapped this shot of a little girl in Tijuana. We all cast a shadow in our lives and we all provide snapshots of ourselves in the lives of the people we meet that… Continue reading

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