As I wrote this post it happened to be during Holy Week. After a difficult few days when Denis' mother suffered a nosebleed that…
Summer – Not What You Thought
SUMMER and what you thought would be completely doable suddenly becomes Boot Camp for the unwary. Does this happen to you? You look at…
Summer – Not What You Thought
SUMMER and what you thought would be completely doable suddenly becomes Boot Camp for the unwary. Does this happen to you? You look at…
The Growth of Nones
It is an interesting exercise to ask friends what changes going on in our world seem to them to be most significant. The answers…
Ashes and Repentance
The association of ashes (or dust) with repentance has a long history. After Job, for example, encounters God, his response is to “repent in…
Mary comforts our Mother Eve
A Christmas card arrived last week. Nothing unusual about that in the month of December. It isn't often that a mere card digs into…
Crafting, Nativity and Comfort
A Salt Dough Creche Soire One December, many years ago when I was still into crafting like my redemption depended on it, I decided…
Reading novels about (Un)Belief
A failure of imagination In the July 30, 2018 issue of The New Yorker, Laura Miller, a Slate columnist published “Accept the Mystery,” a…
Believe Me (John Fea, 2018)
“Fear not” The 2016 election accomplished two things simultaneously. It put Donald Trump in the White House and it revealed some issues within the…
The Gulf (2017)
The tension of stewardship A few years ago Margie and I were invited to lecture in Florida, after which one of our hosts generously…
Writing with interruptions
Today like many summer days, I sit at my desk hoping to make some progress on my current manuscript. For any writer, not just…