So much in this life is thrust upon us suddenly.  We have no idea its coming, we are completely unprepared, and afterward we are never the same again.We all know the feeling.  What seems like a normal day is suddenly changed into a day we will never forget.  A phone call comes that completely takes … Continue reading The Man on the Road

The universe has aligned against me.  I have been selected to appear for jury duty.  Welcome to the Land that Time Forgot.As I write this, I am sitting in the 11th floor of the LA County Criminal Justice Center, a lovely mid-60s architectural mistake in downtown LA.  I am in a room of about 150 … Continue reading Waiting Ad Infinitum, Jury Duty

The events of the past several weeks in Japan and Libya have focused my attention on a part of life of which I know very little, if anything.Human suffering.During the 1960s and 70s I grew up in a home where virtually all pain, disappointment and heartache were ignored.  My Mother in particular purposefully distracted me … Continue reading Of Emense Suffering, Loss, and Hope

This choral piece is sweet and touching. The lyrics are below. Go here to read the stories of healing and grace associated with this song.Sing Me to Heaven Text by Jane GrinerIn my heart's sequestered chambers lie truths stripped of poets' glossWords alone are vain and vacant, and my heart is muteIn response to aching … Continue reading Sing Me To Heaven

ChainedFor some reason, I have had these reoccurring thoughts of late.  About people who get stuck in life.  And about how I fear one of those people might be, well, me.I have been wondering about how we can chain ourselves to the ground, restricting the arc of our lives by our own inability to see … Continue reading Chained, The Crabby Old Man Within Me, and Change

Looking UpOrion the Hunter.  Every night He guards the winter night sky over our home.  Far above the back yard, standing tall and pointing to the northern sky.  In the spring and summer, He disappears below the horizon, preparing the way for warmer summer months.But for now, it is still winter.  Often, at this time … Continue reading Of Quarks, Coldness, and Creation

Before Older Daughter left for college this week, she made me a CD of some music she thought I would like. On the CD was a song by "Scala and Kolacny Brothers", a girls choir from Belgium.Oh. My. Goodness.  First, I love this music, it is surely part of what Heaven will sound like someday.  … Continue reading With or Without You

“God is not a belief to which you give your assent. God becomes a reality whom you know intimately, meet everyday, one whose strength becomes your strength, whose love, your love. Live this life of the presence of God long enough and when someone asks you, “Do you believe there is a God?” you may … Continue reading What I Know