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. “Come, have breakfast.” Such simple, loving words. The apostles were lost without Jesus, as John reminds us in today’s Gospel reading. In fact, Peter and some of the others who… Continue reading Of Friendship, Fishing, and Food
Category: Spirituality
Lenten Learnings
And now, we are in the beautiful season of Easter. We always know how the story of Lent ends for Jesus and our salvation, of course, but we’re never sure how any particular Lent will end for us. Will we be able to say “mission accomplished” when it comes to our Ash
Easter 2013: “We Are Witnesses to All That He Did”
The church was still half empty this morning when I knelt to pray. When I arose, I noted a priest sitting in front of me, clipboard in hand. He’d make a few notes, then look at the altar a few seconds, then go back to his notes. Now, this priest is a nice man, but a less than… Continue reading Easter 2013: “We Are Witnesses to All That He Did”
Lent 2013, Day 46: A Day Like Any Other
A friend once told me about the day, years earlier, when her husband died far too young after a lengthy illness. “I left the hospital–and people were doing normal things, like they didn’t know he was gone,” she recalled. “People were laughing and holding hands on the