“I think we should put her in a nursing home,” I said, terrified of cleaning and bathing my own mother-in-law. My brother-in-law was more compassionate and set her up with…
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I poured the nard over his head, massaging it into his scalp like Samuel anointing David as King of Israel. He closed his eyes as I rubbed his hair. Someone…
The sun had long since set. There was enough chill in the air, I didn’t look out of place with my cloak flipped over my head. At the Sanhedrin, we…
My spiritual companion and I have talked about the prophet as someone who feels they have to challenge the status quo or maybe even fix what’s wrong. That sort of…
“Maybe being comfortable and quiet is a trial in itself,” said my spiritual companion when I expressed how I feel uneasy with how quiet my life is. I wonder when…
Why’d you ride into Jerusalem on the donkey and her foal? We threw cloaks on them both and you hopped on their backs. Everyone knew the prophecy: “Rejoice greatly, O…
Here’s a very short meditation on Ash Wednesday, Valentine’s Day as well as a photo journal. See what you think. Ash Wednesday, is the day Christians hear their ministers say,…
Yesterday, December 28 was the Feast of the Holy Innocents where Bethlehem paid a terrible price for the birth of Christ. Here I imagine what it might have been like…
Finally, the bitter cold eased enough so I could leave the farm. After a long lunch with a friend, I decided to go to Ulta, a woman’s toy store full…
Every winter, I long for the cozy feeling of snow coasting through the air to the ground, everything covered in white, like the glowing clothes they say Jesus wears. Sometimes…