I received an unexpected phone call yesterday from a family member who hasn’t communicated in three years; a self-imposed exile I guess. Our relationship has been tenuous for most of it, but there have also been good times. I always wonder if it is a good idea to reconnect and yet my instinct is to do…
It is fall and it means time for cleaning. Cleaning out the garden and the house and preparing one for next year and one for winter. Planning is not my strength but with each passing year, I have come to see the benefits of doing something now to appreciate it down the road. Consequently, I am expanding my…
Some of you follow the “Dating God” blog but for those of you who don’t, I wanted to share this excellent post about some misconceptions on being Catholic and voting. Something we need to articulate more often.http://datinggod.org/2012/09/17/a-tale-of-two-catholicisms-a-response-to-molly-worthen/
Not sure if you heard of this event but it took place on Friday and there was much hullabaloo because it wasn’t broadcast in any way. Initially I was put out by “not being invited to the party” but then I realized that there have been many parties that I haven’t been invited too and I…
So I follow the People For Others blog from Loyola Press and for those who don’t, this week Paul Campbell SJ is featuring images of his workspace. It is fun to see and to get an inside view of the Loyola Press world. Today, we were invited to share our workspace. Well, mine is/was outrageous…papers from…
Lately, the passage of “Two Masters” (Matthew 6:24) has haunted me. One of the reasons I originally left facebook was that it felt like a master because of the time spent giving attention to it. Even if I wasn’t on it, some story or response would say with me for better or worse. I think I have broken that…
Most of the people who know me, know that I take at least one weekend a year and spend it with “my” monks. Several have died over the 27 years that I have been going and their vocations have gone the way of many other vocations. Our family, and the people I go there with…
A friend of mine recently told me, “you are all over the place on your blog!” Well, I guess that is true. So I am looking to rename it so that it incorporates all the interests that I have that connect and help me experience my faith and my God. This, hopefully will not drive…
A posting from America Blog. Can you imagine following this guy?? He sounds like the obnoxious guy in the office instead of the Saviour of the world!! Had to share.http://www.americamagazine.org/blog/entry.cfm?blog_id=2&entry_id=5312&comment=1&success=1
So for the past couple of weeks I have been having some issues with my Facebook account. First there were a couple of bugs and then someone got into my email. This made me deactivate my account…which I had been considering for a while anyway to avoid the constant onslaught of political vitriol that has…