Tears Streaming Down His Face

I got an e-mail today, at a time when I was feeling really low. A man in Ohio found something that I wrote helpful as he reconnects with God.
It’s on my website dailyoffice.org, called On the Gay Issue: Pray.
I wrote it two and a half years ago, in January 2007, and as you can imagine [...]

Glad About Glads

The gladiolus I planted in June are just starting to blossom. So far I have a blue and a yellow one, and another bud-stalk has formed, seemingly overnight.
I bought mixed bulbs at the local grocery, 20 for $4. That’s 20¢ apiece, for late summer flowers – to me, a huge bargain. But I’ve never [...]

The Seminarian Who Became a Saint

Tomorrow, August 14, is the Feast of Jonathan Daniels in the Episcopal Church. For many of us it’s an important and popular saint’s day. For one thing, he was young, just 26 when he died in 1965; we don’t have many young saints. For another thing, he gave his life not simply for a cause [...]

I Actually Fixed Something

Are you handy around the house? If so, would you marry me?
This week I took up the smallest little fix-it job, trying to make my porch light more presentable. This is a covered porch, nine feet wide and 24 feet long, one of the main reasons I bought this house; it’s where I live during [...]

Mob Kills Pakistani Christians

A Pakistani Christian couple in the ruins outside their home. (Reuters)
The New York Times has original reporting today about an attack Saturday on a small enclave of Christians in Pakistan. A mob of 20,000 Muslims killed 8 people in one family, who happened to live in the first house they came to. The story is [...]