Body as Springboard to God – Aug. 23, 2022
“We have a body. The question is, how will it open us to God in prayer? It is a springboard. All the practices of the spiritual life – praying with the scriptures, meditating, saying the rosary, journaling, focusing, spiritual reading – are only worth the time if they bring us to communicate heart-to-heart with God, […]
High Fiving – Feb. 9, 2022
“I settled into the coffee shop (where, it seemed, every other black person in this town was [hiding], every one of them offering me some discreet version of the negreet-ing), took my notebooks out, and was reading over these delights, transcribing them into my computer. And while I was working, headphones on, swaying to the […]
Smiling – Feb. 7, 2022
“This morning I was walking through Manhattan, head down, checking directions, when I looked up to see a fruit truck selling lychee, two pounds for five bucks, and I had ten bucks in my pocket! Then while buying my bus ticket for later that evening I witnessed the Transbridge teller’s face soften after she had […]
