Making a Pilgrimage

The first time I remember learning something important about pilgrimage was the 7th or 8th grade.  I found cassette tapes in the library of MLK and Malcolm X. These men awakened in me awareness of the brutality hatred and discrimination aimed at African Americas in...

Embracing Darkness and Returning Light

One afternoon Jamie was playing in his backyard. He was riding a broom, pretending that it was a horse. He was having a wonderful time and rode the broom until it was getting dark. He left the broom on the back porch and went inside. A while later, his mother noticed...

Here for the Holidays – Benediction

Source of Life and Blessing,  Bless us as we go home for the holidays If we journey to the places our families were born, let dignity and humor be our companions. If we reunite with parents, siblings, children, grandchildren, fill us with love to share!  As we witness...

Here for the Holidays

Whistles “Charlie brown xmas” One of the many things I thought I didn’t understand when I was very young was the popular cartoon “A Charlie Brown Christmas.”  As an adult looking back, I know that I did get it.  It just was too close to home, and it made me terribly...

Funny Thing About Death

I hope that everyone had a happy Halloween.  We can celebrate that we survived another one.  The ghouls and goblins didn’t get us this year.  Did you know that for many years, children have identified Halloween as their #1 favorite holiday?  For years I looked at this...