My mind has forgotten, or blissfully blocked, the sarcastic comment that prompted her words. I may never recall what I said to her, but I sure remember my sister’s response. It cut like a knife…
Posts in Spirituality
Falling Trees: On the Weight of Life
A few months ago two 1500 year-old giant sequoias, twinned at their base, fell in California. While not unheard of, this kind of thing certainly doesn’t happen every day—if it did these trees wouldn’t grow to be as old as they are…
‘Tis A Gift To Be Simple…
I still remember memorizing the Our Father as a child in Sunday school. Whenever I’m on a bumpy plane ride, that familiar prayer of my youth comes to me sooner than any comforting words I could assemble on my own…
Advice from a Spiritual Hitchhiker: Don’t Panic
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…
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.