History, Real Life and Faith
I’ve been working on my unpublished spiritual memoir today, Loving God without a Label, and thinking about my three visits to St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. I traveled to the Eternal City–and the Vatican City–at very different times in my life and I reacted to the seat of Catholicism in very different ways. In 1970, I was fourteen years-old, touring…
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I’ve been working on my unpublished spiritual memoir today, Loving God without a Label, and thinking about my three visits to St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. I traveled to the Eternal City–and the Vatican City–at very different times in my life and I reacted to the seat of Catholicism in very different ways. In 1970, I was fourteen years-old, touring…
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Today is Flag Day in the United States. When I put out my red, white and blue American flag, I noticed it was ripped. I took it down, not sure what to do with it. Not long ago, any disfigured flag needed to be discarded–preferably in a ceremony often done by the Boy Scouts. As scouts, my boys took part in…
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Today is Flag Day in the United States. When I put out my red, white and blue American flag, I noticed it was ripped. I took it down, not sure what to do with it. Not long ago, any disfigured flag needed to be discarded–preferably in a ceremony often done by the Boy Scouts. As scouts, my boys took part in…
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A family member will graduate from college tomorrow. Her dream was to get a bachelor’s degree before she turned 60. She’s beating the deadline by five months. I’m in awe of her perseverance, one class at a time, for 40 some years. Did I mention she has no school loans and actually has received at least one “good student” prize…
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Do you read comfort novels when the world is falling apart around you? Or, what do you like to read when you need reassurance? A lot of people would say the Bible, and that’s a great answer, but what do you like to read for entertainment–to escape the crisis of the moment? Many people like to read mysteries because they…
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