Always More
“I’m in the house if you have questions,” he would say, leaving me there in his pottery studio. Grateful to be alone with my beginning efforts, I would nod, determined to figure out my own answers because when I asked, he told me too much. I had no inner framework, no way to store what […]
Greater things (for Barry)
Sent to our church when I was little, the young pastor remembered me before I remembered him. My first mentor. His apprentice. Helping him lead a retreat in the mountains of North Carolina, which I had done for years, I stood in front of the old wooden altar where I first heard the voice of […]
Away from Home
I fought back tears in the vestibule of a family restaurant just a few blocks from the Catedral Primada in Toledo, Spain. It was so crowded with soaking tourists, the host had stopped adding names to the waitlist. There I was, starving and shivering, realizing that I had six more hours of walking around Toledo […]
Never Alone
This drawing has been in my prayer space for many years. Jesus is as close to the lamb as he can get and the lamb is snuggling in to be even closer. With half-shut eyes, the lamb is sweetly smiling. Perhaps Jesus is, too. Then there is the strong, scarred hand. Jesus’ comforting hand expresses […]