Touch
There are some things I find I must simply accept without understanding. People who are really touchy about being touched fall into this category. My own preferences and experiences require that I simply accept that some people I come into contact with simply don't...
We walk together alone
I have a friend currently on Camino. The same Via Frances that I walked 2 years ago. Okay -- so Chris is walking over mostly the same terrain that I walked, but in a different time, a different pace, a slightly different season. I follow his blog over at...
Who touched me?
Sunday's readings included the story from the Gospel of Mark of the woman who had been hemorrhaging for 12 years. She fights her way through the crowd surrounding Jesus, believing that if she can just touch the hem of his clothes, she will be healed. This story is...
Unzipping the Fat Suit
So, a couple of mornings ago I had one of those strange, just before waking dreams. I can't remember anything about it except that in the dream I reached up near my face and proceeded to unzip all the way down (like a baby's footed sleeper) and stepped out of what...
Everything is Holy Now
Sometimes I find a song that I just don't want to lose track of. Susan included this in her Creo en Dios post this morning. It very much speaks to where I am on this journey. And the best way to keep something for real is to share it: https://youtu.be/KiypaURysz4
Bloody Sunday
Yesterday marked 50 years since "Bloody Sunday" -- the first attempt by non-violent protesters to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama as a part of the march to Montgomery. The behavior of the State Troopers and other local law enforcement is a black mark...
Learning a New Song
Since I retired from my position as parish musician (for the English language masses), no one has been called to fill the spot. Perhaps no one has answered the call. Who knows? The result is the same: a cappella music led by the priest, or possibly at communion by me...
Truth and Understanding
Truth is eternal. Our knowledge of it is changeable. It is disastrous when you confuse the two. - Madeleine L'Engle So very true. And the disaster happens all too often. And how very freeing to begin to understand this: As I grow -- up, out, deeper -- and I accept...
Protective Layers
In yesterday's old testament reading ( Deuteronomy 18:25-20), Moses tells the people that God will send a prophet and they must listen to what he says. And, he further explains that this is exactly what the people asked for when they said 'Let us not again hear the...
Another New Year
January makes me shiver... (apologies to Don McLean) Another new year... 2015 added 2 more grandchildren to the fold. Avery arrived in January, Henry in November. We've already celebrated Avery's first birthday! Marie and family are back in Birmingham; David and...
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North American Vincentian Family Gathering
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The 2023 North American Vincentian Family Gathering will be held October 26-29 at DePaul University in Chicago, IL. The theme is Harmony in Diversity: Working for Social Justice and Fostering a Culture of Encounter through the Arts via a community-based, intergenerational experience of creativity and the arts to build up together a culture of encounter which embraces diversity in harmony.
More information here: HARMONY IN DIVERSITY