“Every chance to write is a prayer,” my fellow Your Daily Tripod contributor Father Joe McCloskey, S.J., wrote to a group of us in an e-mail last week. That’s the thing about Father Joe; I don’t know if it’s his fifty years as a priest or his time with
Category: Friendship
In the Dark
It was dark. Darker than anywhere I’d ever slept before. Quiet too. A friend and I were spending a weekend in beautiful Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, a scenic, arty little community of about 600 residents in the Appalachians. My friend scored us a roomy two-bedroom unit that faced the town square, just around the corner… Continue reading In the Dark
Being Christ in Our Lives: Jamie Sample
Jamie Sample has one of those smiles that lights up the room. And it seems like she’s always wearing it, no matter how busy she is. You see, in addition to raising two young sons with her beloved husband, Jamie is the director of the Youth Choir and music for the 11 a.m. Mass at St.… Continue reading Being Christ in Our Lives: Jamie Sample
Being Christ in Our Lives: Lora Zill
On the surface, Lora Zill and I don’t have much in common: Our politics are different. She publishes a respected Christian poetry journal, Time of Singing; I’ve written one poem in forty-plus years. At The Blue Collar Artist, she blogs about the creativity process; I’m not much about process about anything. She’s an evangelical Christian;… Continue reading Being Christ in Our Lives: Lora Zill