A Plan Comes Together

A Plan Comes Together

War and Peace (1225 pages), Atlas Shrugged (1168 pages), Trinity (800 pages), Ulysses (735 pages). These tomes find their place among the world’s longest books written. One doesn’t undertake their reading lightly. They are not stories to tackle while pre-occupied. The...
Advent’s Goal

Advent’s Goal

Here’s an Advent meditation to be read slowly, attentively, as you might read a poem by your favorite poet, anticipating the exquisite joy of discovering greater depths of meaning as you read it over several times. What images have a particular impact as you read?...
Just Like Child’s Play

Just Like Child’s Play

When little children talk to their teddy bear, in language only Teddy understands, we find that adorable. Later, when language skills are more developed and they carry on full conversations in make believe play with other children, that, too, is charming. It’s because...
If You Ask Me…

If You Ask Me…

Holy Saturday. The day after Holy Friday. The second of three momentous days. After the frenzied, high drama of the past several days, a day of stillness. A day of near silence, even in the Scriptures. But not a day without reactions certainly, and wildly differing...
The answer is: WHO

The answer is: WHO

This will probably sound weird to you, but I sometimes find myself kind of jealous at the chaotic circumstances of Jesus’ disciples following the Resurrection. I mean, sure, last week was horrible, the worst, like a living nightmare. And once they encountered the...