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. I started writing devotions/reflections with no formal training. In fact, I’ve never had a religion, theology, or even philosophy course. I will modestly say I seem to have gotten fairly good… Continue reading Lord, I Lift Your Name on High
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Signs, Signs, Everywhere a Sign
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. Sign, sign, everywhere a sign Blockin’ out the scenery, breakin’ my mind Do this don’t do that, can’t you read the sign? Back in my youth, Canada’s Five Man Electrical Band… Continue reading Signs, Signs, Everywhere a Sign
Be Present
An occasional series based on stuff that hangs in my room… or my heart. I was in Baltimore’s Hampden neighborhood, a once working class area gone arty that still retains its grit (and the charm that “Charm City” sometimes sadly lacks). A cousin’s daughter was nearing the end of her Johns Hopkins days, and my… Continue reading Be Present
Simbang Gabi 2017: And So It Ends… and Begins
What to say about 2017 Simbang Gabi at the neighborhood parish? That we may have had the biggest crowds ever? Yes. That we had nine days of thoughtful, soul-stirring homilies? Yes. That we had nine days of great food, traditional Filipino and otherwise coordinated by the gentle, always organized Rachel? Yes. That we sang a… Continue reading Simbang Gabi 2017: And So It Ends… and Begins