I’ve got to confess that sometimes I have no idea where these articles are going to end up. This ended up as a complete rewrite of the second half. The Border Watch decided to give me a sub-title this week: Life Unexpected – Faith Offers A Pathway Through Pain. A taxi driver in Britain thought …
Dietrich Bonhoeffer in Tegel Prison in May 1944: “…I can only say that I have no wish to live in any other time than our own, even though it is so inconsiderate of our outward well-being. +++ It will be the task of our generation, not to “seek great things,” but to save and preserve …
I seem to be getting back into writing articles for our local newspaper, The Border Watch. This one was published today, with the editor titling it ‘Easter A Season To Focus On God’. Maybe I’ll start working on titles as well. Next week I’ve got some ideas arising from a story about a man who …
My feed-reader is filling up with a variety of reflections on Lent. I’m among those who are not practitioners. This piece by Sarah Condon at Mockingbird is very constructive in reminding us that Christian devotion must focus on what Christ has done, not on efforts to emulate that which he alone could do. An excerpt: …
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