Butterflies and the Creator

GAME PLAN: It wasn’t planned, this day of mixing spirit and science. It just happened. My friend Kathi and I set out for the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) to see the Butterfly Conservatory exhibit. We wandered through the tropical little enclosure as they...

Life Coaching the New Pope

GAME PLAN: Dear Soon-to-Be Your Holiness — It is time. You can feel it, can’t you? The old, dusty walls, in their own way, are crumbling down around you and leaving gaping holes in this Church of yours.  All metaphor, of course, for a much more immense structure...

A fireman’s pact with God

I am so drawn to stories of people who made something positive out of that horrific day of terrorism nearly a decade ago. This one touched me deeply. It is about Vincent Forras, a volunteer fireman who was part of the rescue and recovery effort after September 11th in...

Descending with Dante

My Dante’s Inferno class continues to fascinate and amuse. Today, five Cantos filled with bubbling blood, sand on fire and moaning trees that were once people who commit suicide. Sins that require intellect are worse in the eyes of God than those stemming from...

Holy mail

Religion was the theme in my email box today as folks sent along articles they thought I might enjoy. It began with, lo and behold, Episcopal Barbie. The comments on this article are some of the snarkiest I’ve ever seen. Bless us everyone. Please, bring back the...