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The Lord Will Not Abandon Us

I wrote this reflection on the July 17 Mass readings for Give Us This Day back when the war in Gaza began last fall. The war still rages,...

Jul 16, 20242 min read

A Child's Prayer & John the Baptist

I wrote this one summer when Leo was very small. He's a teenager now. In all these changes, this remains constant: my reaction to his...

Jun 13, 20244 min read

The Lord Will Not Abandon Us

I wrote this reflection on the July 17 Mass readings for Give Us This Day back when the war in Gaza began last fall. The war still rages,...

Jul 16, 20242 min read

The June They Carried Elizabeth Home

Somewhere along the way pallbearers became pallaccompaniers or pallwatchers as the funeral home staff took over the custody of the body....

Jun 13, 20244 min read

A Child's Prayer & John the Baptist

I wrote this one summer when Leo was very small. He's a teenager now. In all these changes, this remains constant: my reaction to his...

Jun 13, 20244 min read

For decades I have been reading and studying and writing about scripture and liturgy and the faith I trust will lead me home. Hundreds of articles, columns, reflections, and many books, parish retreat talks and ministry conference speeches later, I’m still captivated by what I read and learn. Currently, I write for Give Us This Day, published by Liturgical Press. I’m working on a memoir born out of the hard Panhandle ground on which I was born and raised. And I want the chance to share some of what I have written and am writing on this site.