26May

Remembering the dead

May 26, 2018 Randy Coleman-Riese

David Jones Recently I have been reading In Parenthesis by David Jones. It is an epic prose poem dealing with...

19May

A Prayer Before Meals

May 19, 2018 Randy Coleman-Riese

Amid the jarring juxtaposition of a recent school shooting and a royal wedding joining the now too familiar cacophony of...

10May

May 10, 2018 Gil Bailie

If the myth’s outworn, the legend broken, Useless even within the child’s story Since he sees well they now bring...

30Apr

April 30, 2018 Gil Bailie

“… we see a growing incapacity in Europe to accept political disagreement and run the risk of electoral choice. The...

09Apr

April 9, 2018 Gil Bailie

Back when I was traveling from city to city giving talks, I had the luxury of looking into the faces...

07Apr

April 7, 2018 Randy Coleman-Riese

Free complimentary downloadable MP3 audio – Part 8 of Gil Bailie’s Reflections on St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans WE...

02Apr

April 2, 2018 Randy Coleman-Riese

The 40 days of Lent spent walking the dusty byways of Palestine with the disciples and their Lord, witnessing miracles...

30Mar

March 30, 2018 Randy Coleman-Riese

The wounded surgeon plies the steel That questions the distempered part; Beneath the bleeding hands we feel The sharp compassion...

29Mar

March 29, 2018 Randy Coleman-Riese

Last year we posted some reflections on the Bob Dylan song ‘In the Garden‘ as a point of departure for...

22Mar

March 22, 2018 Randy Coleman-Riese

What are we to make of this year’s overlapping holidays and holy days? Lent began February 14th, Valentines Day with...