In the room that we’ve always called the Great Room (due to it’s unclear function in my parents’ house rather than it’s natural superiority to other rooms) there are some unobtrusive cabinets hiding a large collection of photo albums. Although no one in the family is a particularly gifted photographer, there has always been someoneContinue reading >>
Living with a new normal
On September 11th there seems to be some pressure to offer a weighty and profound reflections on what happened to our country 8 years ago. I’m afraid I don’t have much profundity to offer. I don’t know what this means for American history and American culture, for victims and survivors. However, today as I readContinue reading >>
The Lord is Kind and Merciful
It’s been a week and a day since my family gathered back home for the funeral. As a liturgy buff, I’m not one of those people who says they “hate funerals” – I actually don’t mind funerals, it’s people dying that brings me down. If I had anything to do with it, this funeral wasContinue reading >>
Life is not ended, just changed
“All the wickedness in this world that man might work or think is no more to the mercy of God than a live coal in the sea.” —William Langland Earlier this week there was a terrible tragedy that resulted in the loss of two family members. We’re shattered and praying, and I’m trying to fillContinue reading >>
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