Some years ago, I put one of my younger sisters onto Douglas Adams’ science-fiction work The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. The book’s taste for the fantastic and the absurd was just my sister’s kind of humor, but…
Posts in Spirituality
Wasp’s Nest Worries: On the Constant Labor of Creation
I worry more than I exercise. This is not good for my health. Once, on a silent retreat, my spiritual director suggested that I pray about the fact of God’s constant struggling effort in creation. Well, in my world (the world of the fat kid) nothing says ‘struggling effort in creation’ like a short hike, so I took a morning walk up to English Point.
Where’s Home for You? Reflections on the Transitional State
Look, transitions are hard. Luckily Joe Simmons knows exactly where the “play Semisonic now” button is located and uses it freely.
Pressure and Patience: Putting Toothpaste Back in the Tube
Always ready to risk being confused for the crazy man on the corner (don’t worry, we know and love that guy), Brendan Busse plays the contrarian by claiming that toothpaste actually can be put back in the tube.
Home Safe: A Vision of Umpire Jesus (Part 2)
Occasionally as a kid I would stay out too late and find myself running home after dark filled with the anxious fear of a child’s overactive imagination…
“Where is the Love?” or “Prayer: A Long Loving Look at the Real”
“I drank the Jesuit ‘kool-aid’, and being a Jesuit has formed who I am and how I see the world. I expected that to continue now in my regency, teaching sophomores, but…”
Home Safe: A Vision of Umpire Jesus (Part 1)
Reverence and irreverence mix in the bearded savant, Brendan Busse’s, latest installment.
Of Soccer Heroes, Sporting Magic and Prayer
I’m not sure exactly when it was that I fell head over heels in love with the game of soccer, but I know exactly who was responsible. From the early to the mid 2000’s, French soccer legend Thierry Henry glided across the pitch with an irrepressible combination of power and finesse, a grace punctuated by savage efficiency and competitive fire.
Choosing God: The Biggest Player in Our Little League (Part 2)
The choice of faith orients everything in our lives and whether you choose to believe in God or not is anything but a casual concern – “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
Observations on Parish Masses and Wonder
“While spending some time with my parents over the holidays, I had the opportunity to attend Mass with at the parish in which I grew up…”