Descended to the Dead

One of the observances for Holy Saturday is the harrowing of hell, that point in the creed where it says, “He descended to the dead” – descens...

All Things New

As the birds build nests, as the furry catkins bud on the willow, new bright green leaves open in the sunniest places, and cherry blossoms begin to pink-tinge t...

Friday Florilegium

“Eternal life is less about a kind of time that starts when we die, and more about a quality and vitality of life lived now in connection to God…it&...

Friday Florilegium

ONE time our good Lord said: All thing shall be well; and another time he said: Thou shalt see thyself that all MANNER [of] thing shall be well; and in these tw...

Friday Florilegium

This week’s florilegium is from On Religion by John Caputo: “Let us speak then of love. What does it mean to “love” something? If a man asks a woman…”do y...

Guested by God

I simply sit at my desk this morning, in silence, pen in hand, paper ready for whatever words might come. My pinched heart stretches and expands and trusts a li...