A week from today, 4:15 a.m. and I are going to resume our annual nine-day relationship. “Friendship” would be too strong a word. Some days, I’ll leap out of bed; some days, I’ll groan out loud. Yes, it’s that time again, time for the Filipino Simbang Gabi/Misa de Gallo (“Mass of the Rooster”) novena that… Continue reading Hello, 4:15 a.m.
Category: Friendship
Keeping Busy in the Way that Refreshes
Note: On Fridays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. So often during Advent, we think about making time for everything: shopping. Wrapping. Cooking. Baking. Making dinner or plane or car
Being Christ in Our Lives: Meredith Gould
They don’t come much funnier, more opinionated, or more ecumenical than my friend Meredith Gould. You may know Meredith for her expertise in church communications, as witnessed by her books The Social Media Gospel: Sharing the Good News in New Ways and The Word Made Fresh: Communicating Church and Faith Today. Meredith was raised Jewish, spent… Continue reading Being Christ in Our Lives: Meredith Gould
On the Nightstand: November
Earlier this year, a work colleague gave me a signed copy of Rebuilt: Awakening the Faithful, Reaching the Lost, and Making Church Matter, a how-to book of sorts co-authored by the Rev. Michael White, pastor of my friend’s suburban Baltimore parish. I’m finally getting to the book now as my church’s Pastoral Council is reading it… Continue reading On the Nightstand: November