Who God Loves
My esteem for Pope Francis will come as no surprise to those who read this blog regularly. I believe he is the man for our time, not just for Catholics, but ...
Yawn. Another Blog on the Environment?
“In a growing shift,” says a recent article in the Des Moines Register, “more than 80 percent of Iowa farmers now say climate change is occurring, with half of growers ...
The Hound of Heaven
I fled Him down the nights and down the days; I fled Him down the arches of the years; I fled Him down the labyrinthine ways Of my own mind; ...
How God Sees Us?
In this country, because of the pervasiveness and power of social media, people who are relatively unknown can suddenly become media stars. That’s the case with America’s Youth Poet Laureate ...
Has the Pandemic Changed Us?
One of the most shocking and saddest stories of the pandemic era was reported in a brief story in USA TODAY a few weeks ago. “A COVID-19 patient at a ...
Spiritual Atrophy
My spouse, Amparo, and I have a grandson, Leo, who is 20 months old. Because of the pandemic, we’ve seen him only once in the past year. He and his ...