Finding the Balance

During the life of this blog, I've written much about David Letterman. Feel free to search. As his retirement from the show has d...

A simple look across the news landscape today and one could conclude that the world is indeed on fire.  And if you're watching the news ...

Today's a hard day for my family. All of us suffer loss. It is among the things humanity has in common. Sometimes loss is sudden, tr...

Lent begins with Matthew 6 - "Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then you have no reward fr...

As the words of acknowledgement and remembrances for the life and witness of Marcus Borg come pouring in, I'm prompted now to bring my o...

I'm a grandfather now.  I know, right? God knows I'm not the first man to be a grandfather, but I am a grandfather for the first t...

So we pray.  We pray for Ferguson.  We pray for unity in the Church.  Calls to prayer are always in order. Although prayers in the ab...