To my wife Deb, on her birthday

Posted on January 21, 2011 by stephen t berg / 6 Comments

We’ve made some pilgrimages. And some remain. We’ve vowed and disavowed. We’ve taken the vows of the maculation; those vows of purity were bey...

Spirituality

Actual things heard at RAH day surgery:

Posted on January 19, 2011 by stephen t berg / 4 Comments

Overheard in pre-op: First Nurse: What’s taking her? Second nurse: She’s trying to get the ring out of her lip. A patient to a nurse: I suffer from ...

Christianity/Freedom/Religion/Spirituality

Through the eyes of Another other

Posted on January 16, 2011 by stephen t berg / 0 Comment

Six of us kneel at the Eucharist railing and wait. My mind is on the snuffling priest who is busy beside the altar, disinfecting and wiping his hands, breaking ...

Spirituality

Yield

Posted on January 14, 2011 by stephen t berg / 2 Comments

I love the cold, relentless and indifferent. I love it the way I love an enraged black bear, close but not penetrating or crippling. I love when the sun is perc...