Let it snow! Let it snow! The Blizzard of 2016: Let it go!
“Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!” Whether we had someplace to go or not, it may have been Michael Buble’s voice that penetrated our consciousness this past Friday through Saturday. As we dig...
View ArticleIs “Shame on You” the Graffiti Chiseled in the Backyard of Your Soul?
Why not give up shame this Lent? Today is Ash Wednesday. Perhaps like me “Shame on You” is the graffiti chiseled in the backyard of your soul. Do you prefer the anonymity of wearing a paper bag on your...
View ArticleHow Is your Haal? How Is your Heart this Valentine’s Day?
How is your haal (the transient state of your heart)? How is your heart this Valentine’s Day? Does anyone remember the “Reach Out and Touch” television ads of the 70s and 80s? Each presented a...
View Article“It’s Like Being Punched in the Stomach”
Standing in the kitchen, I heard Paul say, “Even though you know it’s coming, it’s like being punched in the stomach.” Paul’s Mom had died three days before on Valentine’s Day. This video excerpt from...
View Article“Lights, camera, Spotlight!”
At some point in our lives, most of us have experienced the unexpected delight when light breaks through dark clouds… closed minds… wounded hearts. “When light breaks through” is the image that...
View Article“Do This In Remembrance of Me.” Will Pope Francis Consider Ordaining Women?
Holy Thursday Breaking News: Priests Occupy Steps of U.S. Vatican Embassy Two Roman Catholic Women Priests–Jane Via and Janice Sevre-Duszynska, and former Maryknoll Priest Roy Bourgeois, symbolically...
View ArticleOn the Steps of the Vatican Embassy
The Inside Story: What Happened On the Steps of the Vatican Embassy? A number of people have requested an update on the peaceful protest that took place on the steps of the Vatican Embassy in...
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