Souls to the Kingdom

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 made my Cursillo in November 2006 at the Josephite Pastoral Center in Washington, D.C., and sat at the table of the amazing graces. Two weeks earlier, I’d been on my… Continue reading Souls to the Kingdom

Departures

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. “But now I am going to him who sent me; yet none of you asks me,  ‘Where are you going?’ But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled… Continue reading Departures

True Security

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. We weren’t the kind of people who went to the doctor much, but a number of relatives at Thanksgiving dinner had told my parents that cough of mine was really bad.… Continue reading True Security

Called Christians

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. Maybe it was a pejorative. Maybe they were the first to use it, because there wasn’t a word that encompassed Jews and Gentiles in the same community. Maybe it caught on… Continue reading Called Christians