sacred journeys

“When you remember me, it means that you have carried something of who I am with you, that I have left some mark of who I am on who you are. It means that you can summon me back to your mind even though countless years and miles may stand between us. It means that […]

At Elisabeth’s huge middle school that she attends, there are these ‘food vendors’ that just show up right before school ends. I assume that they are not licensed by the city, because they have abandoned grocery carts for stands.

But, just like clockwork every day — they get surrounded by kids buying their wares (corn on […]

Now that the Galaxy are storming to the playoffs (possibly), it looked like Beckham was going to play, & now that is in question.
I am still holding out hope, that he will make some kind of difference for the Galaxy this year…

The contemplative life should liberate and purify the imagination which passively absorbs all kinds of things without our realizing it; liberate and purify it from the influence of so much violence done by the bombardment of social images…. The training of the imagination implies a certain freedom and this freedom implies a certain capacity to […]

Living in L.A. — we are surrounded by people of different religions, faith, and beliefs. One large ‘faith-population’ (if you will) out here is Jewish. Recently, I have read a couple of different articles, that got me thinking. The first was on a Jewish reggae and pop/rock guy named Matisyahu .

He is […]

Don’t usually do this (matter of fact - have never done this), but a couple of friends back in Minnesota are selling their places, and have sent me emails in the past week or two trying to get the word out, so I thought I would pass the word.
One is in Little Canada (on the […]

Madeleine L’Engle is (was) an amazing author.

If you have a chance - take a minute to read something she wrote. Sadly, she passed away recently. Here is one of my favorite L’Engle quotes: “Why does anybody tell a story?” Ms. L’Engle once asked, even though she knew the answer. “It does indeed have something […]

…met my good friend Jernard today.

Great guy (in spite of his mean look here), loves Jesus and is keeping the faith in spite of huge health issues going on in his family, and it seems like some big doors are opening up for him out here in Hollywood. Keep him in your prayers if you […]

Not sure if you have been following the news in Burma (Myanmar) of late, but terrible things are going on. Tens of thousands were marching in the streets for freedom, and it was violently crushed.
HERE is a link regarding it.
HT: Jesus Creed