There are times when all the things that we feel we must do tend to overwhelm us. It comes with the hectic stride of our Western world of busyness and “keeping up” with the obligations that we feel compelled to fulfill regarding our “placement” in life. …
WHOLENESS DESCENDING
I recently had the opportunity to visit the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington DC. Like other museums, one could spend a week or even a month experiencing this museum in its richness. I started at the top level of the museum and a multi-media presentation of the native cultures extending from Alaska all the way down to the bottom of Chile. …
PRECIOUS WON
They are calling it the reverse of the curse, but it is true…the Chicago Cubs after 108 years have again won the world series championship. That long “interim” period of “losses,” are now, at least for the present completely covered over by the exuberant elation of Cubs fans and probably some non-Cubs fans. …
FAITHFULLY CONNECTED
In the Liturgical Calendar, we still have a few more weeks of what we refer to as “ordinary” time; however, I tend to think that as we move from October into November we begin the Holy Season that celebrates life and death as much as we do in the Lent/Easter season. …
So October Goes…
Just as I looked to the sky coming off the escalator up from the Metro at Arlington Cemetery, I saw it. It was the “hole in heaven” that I saw the evening before Mom left. But here, now, in Washington DC’s blueness, the hole was back, but this time with a sliver from a rainbow shining forth within. …