The Road To Kingdom Come

I’m really not sure how to approach this post. The previous three posts were to lay some groundwork so that this one would make sense. Yet, even with all of the background, I’m still not sure I can make this make sense.
One thing I wanted to say before continuing. This blog is about my spiritual [...]

I awoke last Monday morning and my thoughts weighed a thousand pounds. I did not want to get out of that bed. It was safe and warm and womb-like in its isolation since I was protected under mounds of blankets, sheets and comforters. But mentally and emotionally I felt no protection whatsoever. I felt vulnerable [...]

I think I can finish this in two or three more posts. (I hope)
After the game that Sunday afternoon we left the gym and went straight home. Luckily, the Eagles were playing the NY Giants and the game had already started. It was a welcome distraction.
Upon completion of that game I went into work for [...]

I feel like I’ve created a bit of a monster for myself in that I felt compelled to share an experience that was more complex than a 200 word blog post would allow and is just plain unwieldy to re-create. I have absolutely no real plan about the best way to do this except to [...]

Just an interim thought while I gather myself and try and find the time to continue this saga.
“God has deemed it better to bring good out of evil than not to permit evil at all.”
– St. Augustine

I am not sure how to approach this post. I have a feeling it may need to be divided up over a few different posts in order for the chronology and relationship between events to make any sense.
Something happened. I am not exactly sure what, but it was something. Maybe a new stage of healing. [...]

Last week I was sitting in the chapel of the Dominican nuns just up the street from my office. As described in a previous post I have a lot of frustrations that are, to a very large degree, self-imposed if not self-inflicted. The Christmas season churns up a lot of junk inside and it has [...]

I just finished reading “A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini, bestselling author of “The Kite Runner.” I completed the book in about four sessions which is unusual for me but I had some time and the book was very engaging and involving. Suffice it to say that “A Thousand Splendid Suns” had a thousand [...]