
Reflected Light: A Meditation
The other night I looked out the window and saw the most amazing bluish-white light shining on the snow, illuminating the whole yard in a...


Snow: A Meditation
God gives snow like wool; he scatters hoarfrost like ashes. He hurls down hail like crumbs; who can stand against his cold? (Ps 147:...


Mists of Mystery: A Meditation
I was driving home, after a long, hard, tiring day. I was close to my house, within a mile, on very familiar roads. Then the road took a...


Communion: A Meditation
When I went to visit this particular parishioner in the hospital, I made sure to bring my communion supplies. I knew that receiving...


Watching and Waiting: A Meditation
The most important moments in life – birth and death - are often accompanied by an intense, attentive watching and waiting. For the...


Wellness: A Meditation
I went shopping this morning. I ran into the store to buy “just one thing” for a gift that needs to be shipped soon, and I came out with...


Sleep and Wakefulness: A Meditation
The baby wouldn't go to sleep. I had him in his stroller, and was strolling him around the house in an attempt to lull him into slumber....


Dirty Work
Sometimes it is tempting to think of our business transactions, our buying, selling, banking and investing, as being removed from our...


Sharing the Meal
I recently went to a professional conference. There was a man there, another priest, who was inexplicably annoying to me. He wasn't...


Monsters, etc
They come wearing masks, hands outstretched, eager to receive something. All of the children. Friends, neighbors, and complete...