The other night, I took my girlfriend Martha to see Shakespeare in the Park to celebrate her birthday (and that may be love in action, but it’s not really the subject of this post–or is it?). It was a beautiful evening, warm but not too warm, a breeze was blowing, and we had sangria and […]
To explore the hard questions through the stories of people like Mrs. Gonzales and her family—to retell them, to think about them in such a way that others might benefit from them, and to consider how we might apply the collected wisdom on grief and suffering—is the purpose of this book. While I will hardly […]
This week I’m reading the final type-set pages for my book on grief, Stories from the Edge, which will be out in August. I want to share some of the first pages with you here in hopes you’ll find them interesting. It’s about my experiences as a hospital chaplain–and my reflections on my own difficult […]
I’ve been talking a lot about Iron Man lately, the first of the summer blockbusters, and not only a great comic book film, but a movie with a lot to say about spiritual and cultural matters. It’s a shame that these days we tend to get more involved commentary from our cineplexes then from our elected […]
