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Posted in main on Jun 15th, 2008
The day started with noticing that my freshly printed boarding was for a different flight that I thought I was on, followed by leaving my cell phone on the shuttle bus. Add in a crowded train because two cars were “dark” (no lights, no AC). A cancelled flight, weather delays, you name it — [...]
Posted in main on Jun 7th, 2008
When we name something or someone, it is an attempt to capture it in a way. To name someone or something is to label it so it can be filed into its proper spot. A name gives us some control
It seems that naming God is an attempt to capture the essence and put it into [...]
Posted in main on Jun 1st, 2008
I love my deck. When we rebuilt the house after a fire 8 years ago, we changed a window in our bedroom into a door to the backyard and added the deck. It’s a good size - 20×20 or so, with benches on two sides, and a sort of table in the corner where St. [...]
Posted in main on May 30th, 2008
I was poking around on Susan’s blog rereading her post on an attitude of gratitude - or being grateful for the little things. I’ve tried to cultivate that attitude. And in the past few days I’ve been grateful for some “little things” that aren’t so little. These are the phone calls to check with me [...]
Several years ago I had my first mammogram. Definitely not a comfortable procedure. And it got more uncomfortable when the nurse called and told me that they thought it would be good for me to come back for a second one in six months. There was an area that was a bit unusual, but not [...]
It’s stuck with me for over a week now: Mercy. And more than that, the definition of Mercy as something like “womb-love.” (Thanks Jack for that). Mercy is that kind of love and relationship that most mothers have for their off-spring. It’s what makes Mama always believe in you. It’s why, despite all evidence to [...]
Posted in main on May 15th, 2008
After feeling so overwhelmed yesterday, I found myself praying for my friends… and talking with them on the phone. They actually know each other. And by the end of the day, friend A was using me to pass the message that she would be praying for friend B and vice versa. It’s kind of [...]
Posted in main on May 14th, 2008
It seems that life is so very rugged for many of my friends right now. A couple of them are involved in situations where there are legal issues to be settled before they can get proper medical treatment. There are health issues that are cause for concern. If I focus on this alone, I find [...]
Posted in main on May 6th, 2008
Holiness/Piety: Being in Love with God. Pure and simple.
It seems there are several substitutes for the real thing. I’m trying to get to the real thing (and no it’s not Coke). The kind of love relationship where you are happy or joyful just sitting with someone. I’m trying not to be led astray in this.
I [...]
Posted in main on Apr 28th, 2008
I am at a conference for work and traveling with a fellow who works done the hall. Breakfast conversation turned to the Catholic Church (he was raised Catholic) and faith and rules, etc. At one point he remarked that he hasn’t been to church in years because if one disagrees with so many of the [...]
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