Comments, Essays & Rants

These are simply reflection pieces that I wanted to share. Maybe you will find some of them helpful in your own reflections!

Holy Distraction, Batman!

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I was struck with the irony of my grumpiness at having my prayer time disrupted by a gorgeous sunrise. This has happened to me on several occasions. Who says God doesn’t have a sense of humor! The entire poem is printed here, and is also in a PDF format.             … Read More »Holy Distraction, Batman!

Here We Go Again

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We had another mass shooting in Colorado just the other day. Ten people were murdered in a King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, just north of my hometown of Denver. And we don’t even have the luxury of exclaiming “How can this be? This has never happened before!”  It’s more… Read More »Here We Go Again

Start with Your Socks

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A reflective, somewhat confessional, rumination for these days of social division — the full piece is below, and it is posted as a PDF document. I had a lovely pair of socks that I refused to wear for two years. They were part of a collection of socks I once… Read More »Start with Your Socks