A Father’s Prayers
Last month as I celebrated Father’s Day with my two sons who are fathers I was filled with gratitude for God’s gift of children. This morning I was reflecting on the thousands of prayers I’ve prayed for them through the last four decades . . .
The Final Frontier
I received an email recently from a friend who in his closing wrote, “And the greatest of these is love.” Some of you may recognize this as the very last words from 1st Corinthians 13, the great chapter on love. What does this chapter say about love? . . .
The Anchoviad
“What do we really know well about any creature, including most of all ourselves, and how is it that even though we know painfully little about anything, we often manage world-wrenching hubris about our wisdom?”, asks Brian Doyle in this short essay . . .
The Answer Is In the Questioning
“Instead of regarding the Bible as only a “Book of Answers” for our questions, it is worthwhile to think of it as a “Book of Questions” for our answers. As we listen, God questions us so that we can know him by means of a dialog in our hearts . . .
Joyas Voladoras
Over the last three years I’ve taken thousands of pictures of hummingbirds in my backyard. These incredible creatures are a wonder to observe, but difficult to capture in photos. In fact, just a handful of the images I’ve taken are good enough to keep. In this post I’ve included a few of these photos, and a moving essay by Brian Doyle, titled Joyas Voladoras . . .
The Room in the Firehouse
Another moving essay by Brian Doyle about attending an AA meeting with a friend at a small town firehouse, one of thousands of rooms across America that host these meetings . . .
Illuminos
Another moving Brian Doyle essay on the wonder of children. Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of God”.
The Praying Mantis Moment
Brian Doyle, one of my favorite authors, shares a moving memory of his twin sons playing in a soccer game when they were six years old . . .