living in light of eternity
Sometimes Facebook juxtaposes just the right pair of posts, just the right images to startle me awake, to catch a new glimpse of truth. Today I saw a such a pair. Post #1, a video: colorblind people see color for the first time with innovative new glasses. Now, I’m going to let you roll that... Continue Reading →
Four mamas, nine boys between us. The oldest is fifteen, the smallest fiercely five, and we’ve been through it. From infertility to a whole lot of surprising fertility, from spectrums and conditions to hand-wringing and tears. We’ve seen the inside of a lot of hospitals and churches and counselors’ offices and McDonalds, laughed and snorted... Continue Reading →
Writers are shy people who can spend long hours all alone. We aren't supposed to do terrifying things like give interviews! But here for your amusement is my first radio show. The kind man who interviewed me is Marty Guise from KSIV in St. Louis, and you can find him on Facebook at Lay Renewal... Continue Reading →
It’s between the rock and the hard place. Between the devil you know and the devil you don’t. It’s at the crossroads of unanswered prayers and thwarted desires, deeply held but conflicting priorities, impending doom to the one side and catastrophes to the other. It’s where ironies tumble one upon the next and paradox makes... Continue Reading →
New year, fresh start. Time to consider how to live passionately in light of eternity, to make this year one that ripples for a long, long time. How will you spend your 30,000 days? Y'all, we spend our days in a broken world, but not for long. Here's an invitation to daydream about what it will be... Continue Reading →
This is a year for wonder, a year for paying attention. What if this year was your last? How would you live it full? This is a year for courage, to live fearless in the face of a world full of fear. To "be you bravely" --kind, compassionate, generous. To speak with grace and answer ugly... Continue Reading →
“O holy night, the stars are brightly shining…” Sometimes a moment is so powerful that a hush falls over the crowd. Sometimes a whole throng of people turns, as one body, to stareslack-jawed at the sky. Christmas is such a moment. It’s a simple story, quickly sketched in just 3 chapters of Matthew and Luke—147... Continue Reading →
So you’re driving down the road, scanning the radio for a decent song and you come across “holy, holy, holy.” Must be a worship song, eh? Not the way you might expect. Let’s see what happens if we put together a little mashup of three tunes you could have heard on the radio this week. “Somehow baby,... Continue Reading →
There is a place in Acadia National Park, in Maine, where you can see the ocean’s strength displayed, see the forces that batter and smash. It is called Thunder Hole, and is so dramatic that visitors to the park flock dutifully to stand a moment and watch. Dark water, surging into a hidden cave, collides... Continue Reading →
So I was wandering through Costco one day and I accidentally walked down the book aisle. Well. Accidental is relative. I picked up a paperback called The Little Paris Bookshop and decided to give it a new home, because this was on the back cover: "Monsieur Perdu calls himself a literary apothecary. From his floating... Continue Reading →
Catherine's Letters 