A Bird on the Sidewalk
I came across this adolescent bird on my morning walk recently. Its sibling was lying dead nearby on the sidewalk. This bird was clearly still alive. It didn’t move when I came in close to take a picture, but neither did any nearby parent bird swoop in when I crouched...
Farewell to Trees
Last week I wrote about some recent disruptions in our lives. I thought—perhaps, subconsciously, even hoped!—that would be the end of the chaos for a while. However, we’ve been delaying getting the two large mesquite trees in our front yard professionally trimmed for...
Honoring the Publication of a New Book of Homilies: A Prisoner and You Visited Me
Along with Advent comes the liturgical new year. This also means that the latest book in the Homilists for the Homeless series has now been published. A Prisoner and You Visited Me gathers homilies from a variety of well-known Christian leaders (like Richard Rohr, Jan...
Pondering the Community of Saints on All Saints’ Day
Happy November! Autumn is well and truly here in the northern hemisphere. Even if the days are still plenty warm in southern Arizona, the amount of daylight has shortened enough that what’s left of my “summer garden” is no longer producing and I’ve torn out most of...
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