Lenten Notes on Notre-Dame’s Destruction
The empty husk of European Christendom has finally gone up in flames. Have you heard? Tell it on every social media platform: Notre-Dame, the glamorous gothic ‘lady’ and icon of […]
Tag Archives: hope
Imagining
I was standing in a line at the hospital reception desk recently when I decided to start imagining. It started innocently enough. As I was standing there watching the receptionist mechanically dispensing […]
New Year Resolutions?
So, even though I may forget any good intention or plan, and may be tempted not to bother, God’s resolutions give me hope.
A Gift Half Understood
But to apprehend The point of intersection of the timeless With time, is an occupation for the saint – No occupation either, but something given And taken, in a lifetime’s […]
The Birth of the Old Baby
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote a story in the 1920s, some years ago made into a movie, about a baby who is born old. Benjamin Button was born wrinkled, with weak […]
Why is “seize the day” our universal motto?
Seize the day. Live for the moment. Be yourself. Only you can be you, only now can be now. Maxims like these populate my Facebook and Twitter feed like commercials […]
When the World Appears Out of Control
The global news cycle as of late appears to have taken an unusually harsh psychic toll on people around the world. The events of Orlando and Dallas, Nice and Paris, […]
Is all hope groundless hope?
Live without hope. Think without hope. It makes suffering worse. That is the moral of a recent piece on The New York Times’ The Stone blog named, fittingly, Abandon (Nearly) […]
Hope for the Marathon Life
At a recent dinner party there was, unfortunately, far too much testosterone in the air when several ladies collectively expressed doubts as to whether the men present could run a […]
Longing for Death
Adolf Hitler spent a fortune in 1936 to buy a painting and hang it in his office. A secluded isle, surrounded by the boundless mysterious sea, is approached by a […]
Wondering Fair 