Your Heart, His Home

If a good man is hard to find, maybe you’re not looking in the right places. Case in point: A few years ago, my brother married a lovely woman... (Read more)

As a gift to my brother on the occasion of his ordination years ago, I told him that I would offer up all of my speaking engagements in... (Read more)

Some years ago, a woman told a lie about me that caused some serious harm and was tremendously painful to bear. After many months had passed, out... (Read more)

My friend, I’ll call her “Veronica,” goes for the spiritual jugular, so to speak. It’s almost as if she avails herself to God and says, “All... (Read more)

When I was a child, I loved most the wise men of our nativity set for their grandeur and color and elegance, and for the numinous gifts they... (Read more)

There’s a quote I keep in my office from Douglas Steere, the Quaker, and I read it before every meeting I have, especially with directees. He... (Read more)

My first job out of university was working as a teller in a bank. I was singing a lot on the weekends and working on my writing, but I needed a... (Read more)

Some years ago I developed this little habit when traveling alone: when boarding an airplane or a train, I would ask the Lord to give me the least... (Read more)

Bedouins are an exceptionally hardy, hospitable people. I learned this in the Holy Land from my friend, Tony, a Catholic archeologist who grew up... (Read more)

Jeremiah is homeless. He is a slight man and slanted to the right. Some days he has a pronounced limp – arthritis in the knee. He’s lost most of... (Read more)