Monthly Archives: April 2023

April 30, 2023 Have you ever come across troubling passages in the gospels that you either choose to ignore or make excuses for what happens in the account?   Particularly if the thing that troubles you is something about Jesus; something that shows Him as less than tranquil, less than divine, less than perfect; something that,Continue reading “Rules”

April 9, 2023 Oh to breathe again!  After all the heavy self-reflection of Lent, the somber spiritual grieving of Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, the silence of the sealed tomb of Holy Saturday, we have a definite need to breathe!   Those last words Jesus uttered from the cross on Friday can put us in a placeContinue reading “Spiritual CPR”

April 8, 2023 I have been privileged to sit at the bedside of many people at the time of their deaths.   I have listened to their breathing as I held their hands.  I have stood on the periphery of the families as they surrounded their loved one.   I have listened to words of leave taking,Continue reading “Last Breaths”