Monthly Archives: May 2014

What do you carry around in a day that should be left elsewhere? Sometimes I think I drag around a lot of unnecessary baggage that would be better stored in a trunk somewhere.  I took my car in today and … Continue reading →

  Some days unexpected stuff happens. Waking up to snow on May 14 would be one of those things I suppose. Who knew May needed mittens? I wonder sometimes about how we deal with the unexpected, how we dodge the … Continue reading →

On the way North, I spotted a beautiful red-tailed hawk sitting in a tree. Unfortunately I disturbed it when I pulled over for a photo and it flew off accompanied by a red-winged blackbird. I took the photo on the … Continue reading →

I took a bit of a time out yesterday, traveling up early to a friend’s place to spend the evening. La Grange is a bed and breakfast en route to Dauphin in a little French community. As I turned off … Continue reading →

Good Shepherd Sunday has me thinking about listening. On Mother’s Day, I suppose I could be thinking about how I did or did not listen to my mother over the years but I would rather focus on hearing the One … Continue reading →

What return can I make to the Lord for all that has been given me? This question posed in Psalm 116 is very Ignatian. Tonight as I listened to the inmates talk about a variety of topics, I saw one … Continue reading →

I saw the movie, Heaven is for Real, tonight. I had read the book when it first came out. Some people say that it is a place invented to calm our fears that nothing comes next. Like the disciples, we … Continue reading →

There was a big election in South Africa yesterday. It was the first time that the Born Frees could vote. The ANC was leading last  I checked. Then there is the heart-wrenching story of the Nigerian girls who were kidnapped. … Continue reading →

I decided to walk to a board meeting tonight, about a 15 minute walk from my home. I was a bit preoccupied in the first steps, trying to organize my thoughts, letting go of the busy day, the things I … Continue reading →

The road to Emmaus is the story of sorrow to joy. These friends of Jesus trudge back to their village, leaving the disciples to figure out what to do next and ignoring the women who announced that they had seen … Continue reading →