“What word would you use to describe life?” Josh says to his daughter.
“Peace,” she replies. “Or perhaps joy.”
After a moment she asks him, “What about your own word for life?”
“You wouldn’t want to hear it.”
No, she probably wouldn’t. The word he is thinking of is “futility.”
Josh, you may remember, is the ex-Christian with whom I [...]
Category Archive for 'Trust'
Being Led Where We Want to Go
Posted in On the Road, Presence, Trust, Weakness, Power on Mar 18th, 2008
“I suppose she’s intelligent enough…”
The voice I overheard was talking about me.
“…but she couldn’t even find St. John’s Mercy Hospital.”
I recognized the speaker, as I had given her an ill-fated ride the day before. And yes, it’s true, I have what seems to be a genetic propensity for getting lost. At [...]
Our Help Is in the Name of the Lord
Posted in Trust on Oct 15th, 2006
The space shuttle has landed safely (September 21), but with the discovery of mysterious dark objects that seemed to have fallen from it, I was reminded once again of human frailty and human fallibility. One day earlier this month, I jotted down several incidents suggestive of the uncertainty inherent in earthly life:
In the van [...]
Wilma’s Folly
Posted in Trust on Nov 26th, 2005
Like the rest of Florida, on the afternoon of October 23 we were waiting for Hurricane Wilma, because in spite of being north of the projected path, we still didn’t know the extent to which it would affect us in Gainesville.
Now here at the Cenacle we have a ragged row of golden rain trees along [...]
Before Sister Rosalie entered the Cenacle, she lived in a house on the Gulf coast with two little dogs named Penny and Black Bart. Whereas Penny was ladylike and prudent, Black Bart was an adventurer. Once when he was still a puppy, an adventure led Black Bart to an unfortunate encounter with a prickly pear, [...]