Feeding the Flock

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. It was fourteen years ago this month that I first met Karen, though I don’t remember hearing her name at the time. I was close to coming back to the Church… Continue reading Feeding the Flock

Be Annoying. Be Sheep.

Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. Sheep get a bad rap. They’re smelly. They’re stupid. They’re herd animals who blindly follow the shepherd or leader anywhere, even if it’s into a hole or into… Continue reading Be Annoying. Be Sheep.

Let’s Make a Deal

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.  “No one can take them out of my hand,” Jesus says of his followers in today’s Gospel reading from John 10. He makes it all sound so easy: he leads, we… Continue reading Let’s Make a Deal