Your wild and precious life
For reasons that I can’t entirely explain, I dislike the term bucket list. Why? I’ve already said I can’t entirely explain! Perhaps I just dislike the term “kicking the bucket” that is foundational for...
View ArticleI’m still here…
Dear Readers, I have not abandoned my blog, but it does appear that way, doesn’t it? This summer has kept me busy in all sorts of good ways. Deciding to opt for more more prayer, family and friends...
View ArticleA Distinctly Disquieting Silence
It is a different kind of quiet. Not the silence of no one home for the moment, it is not the same as that at all. This silence has a depth and texture to it, heretofore unknown in these parts. I’m all...
View ArticleSprouting and blooming – some thoughts on Thomas Merton
Today we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Thomas Merton’s birth. Many years ago, when I first returned to church, I – like many others – read his landmark work, The Seven Storey Mountain. This book...
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