Reflections
Caravans: Vaccines and Touchstones
Our Summer 2021 Caravans includes reflections on poetry and the pandemic and introduces Fr. Dave’s recent posts on racial...
Good Trouble, Good Cliché, Goodbye, John Lewis
My life was relatively peaceful in winter 2020 as I savored the first months in my new Arizona home. But hermits aren’t islands, and the darkness of a pandemic, the pain of police brutality, mass shootings, racial unrest and injustice; deaths, deportations and incarcerations along...
A Slow Smile Widens
In our digital age, I am amazed at how much we have to say, and how quickly, about persons or events. Just as we have a slow-food movement to counter fast-food culture, we need a slow reaction movement. Sometimes speed is essential, and sometimes speed kills. We need discernment. That takes time and discipline. For...
Jerusalem Sky: Stars, Crosses, and Crescents
Simple children’s books are sometimes deep inspiration for adults. This is true of Jerusalem Sky, written and illustrated by Dr. Mark Podwal. This beautiful book begins, “With wonders and miracles, the sky over Jerusalem touches the world below.…...