Our house is falling apart. The ceiling dropping chunks of plaster, the black mold creeping all over the walls, the rat swimming up our toilet … (okay that last one was gratuitous and has nothing to do with the construction – only the trials of this earth). With all these things, do I need another reminder not to store up treasures in my worldly… Read More
If you’ve clicked over to my blog instead of reading this in e-mail format, you’ll notice the blog makeover! It’s not quite finished yet, so please bear with some of the minor blips – most noticeably right now – how slow it is to load. It will all be taken care of, and I’ll give you a mini tour, plus… Read More
It’s been coming on pretty steadily, even from the beginning of the school year when the school days were shorter by a forty-five minutes. That’s forty-five less minutes to have quiet in the house in order to get stuff done. My teaching hours are different – more early morning and mid-afternoon sessions, less of the long stretches of time at home… Read More
I remember when I first read Matthew 11:28-30. I was in Taiwan, bewildered with grief over my brother’s suicide, and suffering from an undiagnosed depression from a car accident that resulted in head trauma a few months prior. I was homeless, in a sense, coming from New York, where I had been out of work and staying in my boyfriend’s apartment, to my current… Read More
The church I went to in New York was very large, so I suppose that it was inevitable that someone famous would eventually show up. In this case, the famous person was Ricky Martin. I believe he only came one time, and the fact that he was willing to attempt mixing with the masses for the name of God is to… Read More
Jesus’ three closest friends were Peter, James and John. They were among the first he called. They were the ones he invited to witness the transfiguration (his meeting with Elijah and Moses). They were the ones he invited into the Garden of Gethsemane to witness as he wept and prayed and sweat drops of blood because he didn’t want to… Read More
