It was the closest I’d come to beating Dad at chess in the six or so months after he’d taught the game to me (and to himself). “You’re getting better,” he said with a chortle as we put the pieces away. “But so am I. You’ll never beat me.” I was sixteen. It was the last… Continue reading Living Up–or Down–to Expectations
Category: Spirituality
A Movie Star’s “Death,” a Nun’s Life
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. Dolores Hart was on the fast track to a solid Hollywood career. By the time she was in her early twenties, she’d made ten highly
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