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The Kennedy Curse
If not for Michael’s sterling character, the Kennedy Curse may have been visited upon us, too.
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Living Stones
Recently I read this news clip: “The Andromeda galaxy ate our sister galaxy, and now it’s coming for us.” An astrophysicist used poetic license to describe that star-studded dinner event but it got me thinking. Maybe I need to expand my narrow definition of living things. My biology textbook made it clear that living things…
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Misjudging by Appearances
I wondered how she got past the school’s dress code and why she would go to all that trouble, except to attract attention.
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The Grindstone
During a homily, the priest lifted our bored faces by boldly declaring, “So not everyone’s going to heaven.” A matronly woman sitting next to me looked up for a moment from thumbing her cell phone. Somehow assured that her Judgment Day was not imminent, she then returned to marking the Joyful and Sorrowful Mysteries via…
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Suffering or Soma
“Christianity without tears”Do our local churches preach this? Anybody can be virtuous now. You can carry at least half your morality about in a bottle.
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Narrow the Gate
Like in that pecan grove, we all face daunting hazards that prevent our spiritual rebirth. Distractions squirrel away our free time, a job’s drudgery just to feed the belly dulls the mind. We rot in the shade of a towering mentor and fail to mature.
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Them!
I freaked out this morning when I saw black Argentine ants attempting to take over my kitchen.
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Lessons in Landlording
The next 27 years saw some hundred tenants come and go. I grew weary of hassles with late or unpaid rent, and the pains of maintenance problems like rusting handrails, leaky roofs, and repairs after robbery break-ins. I found a renter dead from a drug overdose. One tenant threatened to beat me up and kill…
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The Butterfly
“I learned to pray with a sharp focal image and experienced some extraordinary abilities.
THE TRIQUETRA OF LIFE: Wisdom, Wealth, and Wellness 