Monthly Archives: May 2023

Three Little Words

The two of us once hiked far into an enchanted forest in Italy called the Sybillini Mountains. From a deep ravine with dancing waters we climbed a path up and up through a stand of pristine trees, mostly some kind … Continue reading

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The “Truth” in a Pluralistic World

Post script to the post “Three Little Words”: Jesus’s answer to Thomas in the Gospel of John, that he is “The Way, the Truth and the Life,” makes a claim that is particularly hard to defend, much less understand, in … Continue reading

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No Accident: Sharing another person’s day in court

Those ubiquitous traffic accidents called fender-benders can take on an after-life all their own. They send out invisible tendrils that attach, as if by a sticky toxic resin, to body shops, insurance policies, faceless insurance agents, lawyers, police reports, traffic … Continue reading

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What the Angels Said

“Fear not.” Someone should preach that sermon. Or write a book on it as a theme that runs throughout the Bible, from Abraham to Paul. The very announcement of Jesus’s birth to the shepherds begins with that assurance, “Fear not.” … Continue reading

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