
Meekness: The Secret of Unity
The older I get, the less I want. I have been worried about that lately. Maybe I have somehow abdicated my will to live, yet life seems to b

The Community Garden of Oviedo
Sometimes, it is necessary to tell the story of how something developed in order to better explain where we want to take it and why. ...

Reflections from a Week of Rest
The difficulty with faith is not so much belief in what can be, nor the maintenance of what is, but in the merging of the two. Does that...

Making the Mundane Holy: An Example of What We Do
I would love to tell you that I played the role of David vs. Goliath today, that I stood my ground against a corrupt system that needed...

Gather 'Round the Table
I was born an old man in many ways, or at least I was raised to be one. I love order and authority and the crisp contrast of black and...

A Way Forward...
As I rounded the corner of my house this weekend, I ran headlong into them, cinder blocks and stepping stones. My daughter, young, full...

Modern Frustration
It is not difficult to understand why we are often so frustrated. Take my dishwasher, for example. Some of you will immediately say that...

Finding Our Direction
When I was younger, I felt that I would look for God’s direction, hop on His train and then serve the passengers. I viewed it as a...