Light of Life, Light of Death: A Meditation on August 6

Friday, August 7th, 2009 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Light of Life, Light of Death: A Meditation on August 6

In the church year, the feast of the Transfiguration, commemorating the time when Jesus’ face “shone like the sun,” occurs on August 6. At the Transfiguration, Peter, James, and John saw the light of divinity shining out in Jesus, the ...

Preferring the Darkness (Lent 4)

Monday, March 23rd, 2009 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Preferring the Darkness (Lent 4)

When I was a kid, I loved summer nights when the temperature finally went below 90 degrees, a breeze came up, and light from old style streetlights filtered through the leaves of the elm trees on our block. Such nights ...