Prayer
In Its Time
“He has made everything beautiful in its time.” (Eccl 3:11) I am sorry to disappoint everyone but this beautiful passage, spoken ages ago, passing the…
Where has all the fervor gone?
Happy Easter!! It’s time for joyous, bright, colorful feasts and celebrations. (Whoa, did you hear the news that we have two new Pope Saints?! Hooray!)…
Holy Week Soundtrack
During this sacred week there are certain songs that, without fail, end up on repeat in my head. Perhaps you’re interested, as the music could…
Blessed by our brokenness
We’re all broken. Broken by our pain and suffering, broken by injustice, broken by the Truth. The activities of Lent help me encounter my brokenness…
Lent is my restart button
Some days, I feel like I just want a restart button. At times, I even feel this way about my life. And then, when I…
Ashy Remembering
Black falls off my fingers. A dark coat of Truth covers me, my hands, all dirty. I am Too messy for this: the sacred Marking…
Street violence and holy darkness
This past Monday one of my former students was shot and killed on the streets of Chicago. Advent is a time of darkness. Sometimes it is…
Craving a countercultural Christmas
My Christmas Every Day experiment is starting to get awkward. Advent hasn’t even started yet, but Christmas’ crazed and over-weight relative Consumerism is already in town, on…
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