Here for Good
Believe it or not, for someone of faith I am something of a cynic. I recoil at a lot of what gets passed as ‘Christian,’ am nervous in large congregations, […]
Category Archives: Spirituality for the Rest of Us
Green Grass Fun
It would be good to learn to nose-dive into a full, bodily celebration of the good at hand, even when it is as simple and routine as dew and a nicely mowed lawn.
Drama as a clue to existence
Why do we crave drama? Why do our little pauses in the day–to see what’s going on in the world, peek at social media, follow our sport, finish the day […]
Spiritualities of Money
Life’s treasures come from someone who shed his riches for us, someone who does not charge interest if we can’t pay him back, nor looks at our portfolio before investing all that he has into us;
Trading A Soul
Have you ever had the experience while reading of one sentence almost literally leaping off the page? Amidst all the little black marks on white pages arranged in neat little rows, one collection of markings […]
This is a Fascinating World
I’m reading a book that makes me giggle, tear up, or draw smiley faces at seemingly every other page: Gilead, by Marylinne Robinson. A Pulitzer Prize winner, it is a […]
A Place to Fall Apart
When country music legend Merle Haggard composed “A Place to Fall Apart” it was an instant hit. As the story goes, while struggling through a marriage breakup Merle wrote a […]
Pied Beauty
How can we handle imperfection? Imperfection in others, imperfection in ourselves, that unnerving quality which prevents us from calling something fully black or white, beautiful or ugly? Something deep in […]
A Twitch upon the Thread
Readers of Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited often remark on the novel’s many profound, evocative reflections on Christian faith. And, to be fair, there are many memorable quotes to be found […]
From Sin and Conversion to Addiction and Recovery
Every week hundreds of thousands of people around the world get together in small groups where they seek help, guidance, and mutual support in dealing with a vast variety of […]
Wondering Fair 