Ashes to Ashes
A few years ago on the morning of an Ash Wednesday I came out of Hope Mission’s shelter for men and saw a man urinating on the sidewalk beside one of the ...
Category: Spirituality
On Worry and Prayer
One thing about being flat-in-bed sick for four days is that, after you’ve grown weary of reading and television, it gives you time for something like a m...
Erato the muse
This morning I was in conversation with my muse. Well she’s not really a muse, but I don’t know how else to describe her. Still, I want to name her ...
Elie Wiesel and Questions of Faith
Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet; righteousness and peace will kiss each other. Faithfulness will spring up from the ground, and righteousness will loo...