A few weeks back a dear friend confronted me about some unhealthy patterns of emotion she saw in me. She is correct. The unhealthy…
We can know some things about ourselves only when we are tested. Margie and I have taken “The Defensive Driving Course” that’s offered to…
Over the last few months I’ve found myself in multiple conversations about the fragility of faith. That’s a phrase coined by philosopher Charles Taylor…
Gratitude is hard to learn, as any parent will tell you. Sometimes I hesitate before giving some treat to a child because I know…
Recently people have asked if I’m retired. No, I say. In fact, I don’t believe in it. For one thing, I don’t golf. Tried…
One of the things I find myself constantly thinking about is how discerning, faithful Christians can bring a measure of grace into our fallen…
Margie and I have been talking recently about what we call our new normal. We’re aging, which is no surprise since we’ve been doing that…
I recently reread St Augustine’s Confessions. And once again I am impressed by his uncompromising insistence that love is central to Christian faith and…
It is an interesting exercise to ask friends what changes going on in our world seem to them to be most significant. The answers…
The association of ashes (or dust) with repentance has a long history. After Job, for example, encounters God, his response is to “repent in…
