For some people, it’s planes. For others, it’s heights or crowds. For me, it’s bridges (gephyrophobia, if you want to sound learned). The fear started to take hold in a serious way in the late 1990s when I moved to Cincinnati, home to the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge, the longest of its kind in… Continue reading A Bridge to “Now”
Category: Nonfiction
All in God’s Time
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. In 1675, shortly before her twenty-eighth birthday, Christ appeared to St. Marguerite Marie Alacoque. He requested special devotions, including the establishment of the feast of the Sacred Heart to make… Continue reading All in God’s Time
A Look Under the Hood
It looked like the perfect thing to replace my 1991 Toyota Camry, which is rusting out underneath. It was a dealer’s 2007 Camry with just 80,000 miles on it. The initial asking price was a little high, but the vehicle drove like a dream and was so clean and shiny. The salesman told me all
“The Almighty Has Done Great Things for Me”
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. Sometimes, we trust because our faith is strong, and sometimes, we trust because we see no alternative, we lack the