Compassion
Years ago I was working in a job making good money, on a successful career track, feeling good about myself. And yet, I was feeling like something was not quite in alignment. I was reading the gospels more seriously and looking at my life and lifestyle in relation to what Jesus was saying and doing. […]
Following Jesus
Diptych with Mary and Her Son Flanked by Archangels, Apostles and a Saint, Ethiopia, 15th century, tempera on wood, left panel: 8 7/8 x 7 13/16 x 5/8 inches (The Walters Art Museum) When Jesus called Simon and Andrew, he promised them that if they followed him he would make them fishers of people.* I […]
Witness
Bearing witness is what they do, these friends and neighbors horrified by masked thugs hauling away people who simply look like they might be immigrants. Phones out. Videos on, they testify, risking life and limb. Will it be enough? John the Baptist left the security of doctrine and dogma to live in the desert and […]
Who, Me?
When I picked up the phone, my friend said: “I might just need you to tell me I’m forgiven.” To be clear, she had done nothing to hurt me; the situation for which she wanted absolution had nothing to do with me, even tangentially. She had intervened with good intentions in a situation that ended […]
