Once upon a time when my mother was a kindergarten teacher, a little girl walked into her classroom and brightly announced, "my grandma blew up in the space shuttle!" What? The incongruence seemed humorous at first. Why on earth would a child say such a thing? It was late January, 1986. The tenth mission of … Continue reading The Power of Story in Dark Times
When I was a young mother trying to finish a Bachelor of Arts in English, I relished my Tuesday evening class at the local college. The English department head, a kind woman with twinkling eyes and exacting standards, required us to read a book a week and come prepared to spend the first 30 minutes … Continue reading “Go and Be Human” with Close Reads: A Podcast for the Incurable Reader
"We must love them both, those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject. For both have labored in the search for truth and both have helped us in the finding of it." --St. Thomas Aquinas This gentle reminder came to me by way of Thomas Merton, whom I've been reading lately with … Continue reading Scapegoats, Solitude and Solidarity: Thomas Merton as Quarantine Companion
