Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. I had lunch recently with a spiritual mentor, a Catholic whose writing greatly inspires me. I shared with her my concern that my writing and speaking about the… Continue reading Of Abysmal Swamps, Within and Without
Category: Memoir
Being Christ in Our Lives: Laura Williams Fritz
High school was a tough time for me. A lot was going on at home. I had no faith life, and didn’t seem to be able to find my place anywhere. Laura Williams (now Fritz) was one of those people who seemed to do it all effortlessly, choir, drill team, synchronized swimming. Girls like her… Continue reading Being Christ in Our Lives: Laura Williams Fritz
Of Abundance and Need
Note: Every six weeks or so, I’ll be writing on Sundays as well as Tuesdays at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. When we pray over and contemplate today’s second reading from 2 Corinthians 8:14 (… As a matter of equality, your abundance at the… Continue reading Of Abundance and Need
On the Nightstand: June 2015
I’m headed for central South Dakota later this month–Oacoma, to be exact, a town of about 450 people that’s nineteen miles from where my great-grandparents homesteaded and twenty-five miles from where my father grew up. We’re having a Rigney family reunion, the first I’ve ever attended. And so, it seemed like the perfect time to… Continue reading On the Nightstand: June 2015