She is confused. She has body lice. She has rat poop in her shoes but won’t give them up. Her children love her. So does Jesus.
Some people find it surprising that I like Lent. I really do like Lent. To me, Lent is a gift from the Church that invites me to step out of the ordinary madness of life and to slow the game of life down. Some friends of mine who are very holy say they refuse to […]
Shane Claiborne’s book, “Irresistible Revoltion,” is absolutely profound. However, what he writes about is really not new. Shane is bringing back for me the passions that I had when I was in high school and college and reminded me of our work for civil rights, ecology, peace and justice. The late 60’s and early 70’s […]
The YM 2008 Conference was wonderful. Dan Kimball did a wonderful job of raising questions. We could discuss the answers….I don’t think we would totally agree….but I LOVE the questions. Kimball went back and wrote on his web page about the conference and then he did this part: « Imagining Martin Luther if he was […]
Ishmael is the gorilla’s name. Yes, he is under 600 pounds and he talks and he is a philosopher. Ishmael is the prime character in three books written by Daniel Quinn (Ishmael, My Ismael, The Story of B). Ishmael helps his students understand that the world is divided by Takers and Leavers, each with their […]