· 3 July 2007 | 298 words
In The Courage to Be, Paul Tillich writes (after page 148): The act of accepting meaninglessness is in itself a meaningful act. It is an act of faith. We have seen that he who has the courage to affirm his...
· 29 June 2007 | 83 words
At the end of the movie Forrest Gump, Forrest, a man of limited "smarts", laments the answer to a question that has bothered philosophers and theologians from ancient times. I don't know if we each have a destiny, or if...
· 2 June 2007 | 202 words
My deepest desire and most longing want is to see the face of Jesus Christ. Based on one of the Beatitudes, my daily prayer is for God to purify my heart so that I may see Him, see Him in...
· 17 May 2007 | 244 words
Another parabox--joy and suffering, both come from love. A friend shared this meditative reflection with me recently. I asked permission to post it. I feel waves of suffering coming from within my being. It's as if they are at regularly...
· 14 May 2007 | 435 words
I'm bad about shopping for books. I cannot stop in a bookstore without rummaging through the religion/faith section. If a book looks good, I'll purchase it in hopes of reading it some day. Sometimes, I'll start the new book the...
· 4 April 2007 | 105 words
Part of me feels heavy with anticipation of Good Friday. The Passion always makes me hang my spiritual head low. All is His pain and suffering and loneliness. Part of me feels light and giddy with anticipation for Easter. The...
· 26 December 2006 | 152 words
Life is like a pearl: it needs a grain of sand at its center--death--as the irritant, the enemy, to stimulate the production of the mother-of-pearl of life around it. But death remains at its center. At the heart of...
Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us