Category: Christianity

Do you know a geek? Are you yourself a geek? The common image of geeks is of an intelligent and technically competent, though socially backward, often serious backward, individual. I been thinking about geeks and I think I have hit…

Whatever I am doing, whatever the context, I usually find my thoughts from one circumstance begin to shed light on other areas. One of the problems I regularly deal with at work is distractions. I was never meant for a…

“There are none so lost as those who have misled themselves.” That is a quote from Richard Fernandez of the Belmont Club from his article “Why We Flight“. That is not a misspelling. It got me to thinking and that…

Out of many tragedies come instances of heroism and sacrifice, and the carnage at Virginia Tech had one such example, all the more poignant because of the man’s personal history. As Cho Seung-Hui made his way through Norris Hall, shooting…

Today is one of those days that happen every so often that even believing Christians joke about. Today is Friday the 13th and the term for the fear of today is paraskavedekatriaphobia. This phobia is an ancient fear, going back…

I was in Florida for a wedding, my niece, and between the travel, photography, and other issues I have had no time to post. However belated, I want to say, “He is Risen, he is risen indeed!” There are many…

Yesterday they crucified him. Then before sundown put him in a tomb that a compassionate soul had provide for him. The cold tomb was sealed by a large stone and guards were set around it to prevent “false claims” being…

Dinner is over. We are in the garden. Jesus agonizes in prayer, while Peter and James and John sleep soundly a short distance away. It is fitting. Everything began in a garden and it is there that one decision brought…

It is Wednesday night. The small band is staying somewhere in Jerusalem and by this time tomorrow night they will be in Gethsemane, falling asleep. Jesus, on the other hand, will be dealing with the crushing weight of the inexorable…

Carl Jung wrote: “Hurry is not of the devil; hurry is the devil. ” Saint Francis, in the movie Brother Sun, Sister Moon, speaks these words from the title track, performed by Donovan. If you want your dream to be…