I didn’t learn how to pray…really pray…through Christianity. Growing up Catholic (Gee, I wonder how many sentences in this blog are going to start out that way!), I memorized all the usual prayers: Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be, Act of Contrition, Apostles’ Creed, Nicene Creed, Memorare, Prayer to the Guardian Angel, Meal Blessing, Bedtime […]
There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. For his disciples were gone away into the city to buy food. The Samaritan woman therefore saith unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, who am a Samaritan woman? (For Jews […]
How do I begin? The beginning is always the hardest part. Staring at a blank screen and trying to decide what to type, what to say. Sometimes it’s easiest just to start rambling and hope that something coherent will come of it. I am rather embarrassed to admit that this is often my approach to […]
One morning I woke up to find that I had a new voice mail message on my cell phone. I dialed my mailbox and heard what sounded like a trumpet or some other kind of horn playing the same note over and over again.Honk…Honk…Honk.
Needless to say, I was intrigued. Who could have sent such an […]