Because Hospital is Short for Hospitality
The hour had grown late for me, and when the last guest left, I donned my pink P.J.’s, and washed my face for bed when there was a quiet knock at the door. “Are we too late to join?” “Absolutely not! Please, come right on in.” She walked in with a friend I had not...
Are You In Isolation for Insulation?
I heard a story about a Polish political prisoner who was held in a Russian prison for fifty years. Though this is a horribly long time, it is not what offended me most. Almost all of his time in prison was in solitary confinement. Most of his interactions with...
When The Storm Brings Answers
This week I have been watching clouds build tall, with their gray bellies, offering the promise of rain, then, blow right past us. We watch as another cloud builds thinking it too will pass us by. But, across the pond there are drops of rain, still invisible to the...
When Being Broken Is A Sign Of New Life
“The greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity or power, but self-rejection.” –Henri Nouwen This weekend I attended the Allume...
Finding Friendships in Spider’s Webs
Fall is the season for cobwebs and outside the window of my den is one for the records. A mama spider and her pod of babies hang by the thinnest of threads. She catches flies and eats them as she waits for the pods to break open. From my window I watch her spin her...
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