Good Questions
I teach a class for young adults who want to go to college. Some of them have earned their GEDs at our school, while others graduated from high school but didn’t make the leap straight to college because of the pandemic, or money, or mental health challenges, or not feeling academically prepared. During my class, […]
Share
Manje kwit pa gen met — Cooked food has no owner. Haitian proverbs are as beautiful and expressive as their people. A gorgeous spirit of sharing spills throughout the land. I was on the receiving end of such food there, which fed me in more ways than one. It was there that I met a […]
Retreat or Rest?
To “come away and rest” seems so counter-cultural. Surely we should be planning another meeting or a bucket-list destination. But going somewhere to rest? Why would we do that? Jesus makes that invitation very clear.* The disciples need respite. They’ve been so busy, coming and going, that they haven’t even had time to eat, so […]
The Dancing Girl
Giovanni di Paolo, “Head of John the Baptist Presented to Herod” 1454 In today’s Gospel,* a young girl is commanded to entertain her step-father and his important guests. These leering men did not care what this girl might feel as they enjoyed undressing her with their eyes, indulging their lustful imaginations as they watched her […]
