My wish for all my loyal readers and for the world at large in this fresh new year.
A Few of My Favorite Things
I am particularly blessed in these special places that seem to have come into my life by chance or luck but are in fact the material manifestations of prayer.
Faith for the Faithless
Faithlessness is, first of all, a failure of the imagination.
17 Favorites of 2017
As this year comes to a close (some might say thankfully), I’ve once again chosen my most popular posts of 2017, based on visits, comments, Tweets and Facebook likes.
Acting Christmas
The ritual that returns to me most vividly this December is one I call Acting Christmas
I Didn’t Sing for a Year
I remember being amazed when my young granddaughters and their friends listened, apparently unperturbed, to hip hop verses that demonize or degrade women.
Las Posadas
There was a magic in the pretty Mary and her shiny blue gown next to the tall Joseph with his staff.
Tiny Little Things
The value of the collection I keep on the top of my bureau seems suddenly, mysteriously clear.
Andrea
The great advantage we are gaining from enduring this age of suppression—internal and external—is that there are no unimportant words, no expression in a medium that is not political.
Happy Birthday, Doris
Sometimes a choice of a name without family connotations means an attempt to break loose from the past.