Offer: Bread of Life

Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. He is the bread of life, Jesus tells the crowd in John 6:35. Stick with Him, and you will never lack food or water, not ever. It’s a great promise, a… Continue reading Offer: Bread of Life

“Son of Encouragement”

Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. There was a Levite, a native of Cyprus, Joseph, to whom the apostles gave the name Barnabas (which means “son of encouragement”). He sold a field that belonged to him, then brought… Continue reading “Son of Encouragement”

Letting the Light Shine

Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. As I write this, I’m watching Passion Sunday Mass thanks to the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist in Ann Arbor, Michigan. I had to turn away from a… Continue reading Letting the Light Shine

On the Nightstand: Unsheltered

My sister has been, well, my sister for decades and my roommate for nearly sixteen years. Yet we’ve never read a new-to-both-of-us book at the same time. We’re changing that up this month by reading Barbara Kingsolver’s Unsheltered, about two families who lived in a New Jersey home a century apart. I’ve enjoyed several other… Continue reading On the Nightstand: Unsheltered