Lent has flown through time this year. Then again the older I get the faster time gets. The author Claudia Hammond explored time’s relativity when she asked, “Why time slows down when we are afraid, Speeds up when we age, and warps when we are on vacation.” For my children who are home with their…
Month: April 2020
Embrace The Still
People call and I call people these days. We are all reaching out to each other and that’s a very good thing. Yet, our conversations usually turn awkward when someone asks, “What have you been doing?” Each of us comes up with a version of something like, “I’m walking a lot more, we are working…
Monday In Holy Week
For decades I always attended church on Easter Sunday. I bet many of my readers never missed an Easter service either. Even when I was on sabbatical, we had an Easter Mass in the chapel. I remember being six years old wearing my brand new white sports coat to the Easter service. Unfortunately when they…
A Prayer You Don’t Want
Worry is a prayer for what you don’t want. — John Assarf, The Answer. It seems the only news is about the virus, and very little of it is good. Suzy decided I needed a good pick me up, so she gave me an article that including the quote above. She knew that my lawyerly “what if”…