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“Sacrifices . . . of JOY” Psalm 27:6 Religions are all about sacrifice. The pagan ones were—whether those offered by the ancient Norseman to Oden or the tribal ones that still sometimes take place in the modern world—witness the recent killing of women in Papua New Guinea. The three “great” religions, Judaism, Islam and Christianity…

“Literally”. I know someone who uses that word. Constantly. It seems that almost every sentence is interspersed with the word. Literally! It’s as if she thinks that the person listening didn’t believe what she’s saying. For example, she might be telling about going on a walk and say “I saw the most beautiful rose bush…

Alex Sullivan, whom I wrote about last week, was hailed as a hero. Along with a number of others who gave their lives up by stopping bullets with their bodies. Ironically they were there to watch a movie about a fictional hero, Batman. Where was the real-life version when they needed him? No one intervened…

Saturday morning I went car shopping with my daughter Meghan in Aurora. I don’t know that much about cars, but this is something dad’s do. We pretend to possess some level of expertise, while what we’re actually doing is simply providing some support and reassurance. We looked at a number of vehicles and test drove…

Working with people who have Alzheimer’s, I hear an incredible array of comments, usually about their disease and the difficulties that arise as a result. This last week I heard something that was so profound that I haven’t been able to shake it. In fact, it has in a sense, shaken me. I was in…

It’s 2:21 a.m. I’m awake. I’ve been awake for an hour. I’ll bet you think I’m going to write something about the darkness, right? NOPE. I’m awake not because I’m sick, not because there’s something bothering my conscience, not because I had a bad dream or because I thought of something really good to write…