Posts in Spirituality

“I gently tugged the fortune loose from the cookie’s gnarled grasp. It’s sacred parchment was half translucent from sesame oil where the cookie had pinched the paper. And before eating I read silently, expectantly, to myself…”

“Muscles don’t grow unless they’re stretched; wounds don’t heal unless their cleaned and tended to. …Babies are not born without considerable pain. Nor are they raised without pain…”

“I should have trusted her… but instead I was like a nervous disciple in a storm tossed ship; and she was graceful, calming the storm of my fear; her gentle eyes telling me: be not afraid…”

“A couple was very much in love. Like most lovers, their life together was a story deeper than it was long…”

“The world won’t always be comfortable; sometimes reality hits us like the sting of a cold shower…”

We had arrived just ahead of a summer storm, an electric charge in the air. We were greeted by a woman with an oxygen tank in tow. “I’m so glad you’re here,” she said.

It’s when I’m alone that I’m most on the prowl for distraction. Knock at the door? A God-sent interruption from my own company. A viral video? Better than birthday cake…

“One night on my retreat I heard the familiar idling cadence of an old VW engine… that low rumble was the closest thing to a vision I’ve ever had. And it wasn’t a vision at all.”

Easy part first: Rep. Akin’s assertion that a raped woman will not get pregnant is absurd and nonsensical. But still there is something to be learned…

“Whether it’s four artsy NYU grads or a bunch of vowed religious living together, the “otherliness” of it all strikes most people – to put it in Midwestern politesse – as… different…”