Happy Birthday, Jesus

I just set up the crèche in my living room, an act that gives me tremendous pleasure every December.  Creches are supposed to focus on the manger scene with Mary and Joseph looking down on a crib housing the baby Jesus.  Usually, creches include the 3 magi with their...

Sharing My Memoir

Earlier this week, I had the first public reading from my new memoir, Into the Paradox. The audience was attentive and responsive, asking me hard questions about how I manage to belong to a Catholic church, given my self-definitions. My response was rather lame:  I...

Welcome

Welcome to my new website and blog. I’ve decided to embrace this aspect of technology because it will allow me to share thoughts on a wide variety of subjects and to tell people how they can access my writings and classes. As I move into the second half of my 70s, I...