Grieving Loss Before a Death
I foolishly thought burying my almost 91-year old father would have been easier than what my siblings and I went … Continue Reading
Grief & Coping
When Sadness and Joy Co-Exist
Have you ever picked up a book knowing that its arrival in your life at precisely this moment was a … Continue Reading
Who Would You Wish to Spend One Last Day With?
Simply articulating the desire to have the time together, and how the imagined time might be spent, addresses a good part of the yearning.
The Hardest Person to Forgive
Who is the hardest person to forgive? An abusive parent? A partner who betrayed you? One who shattered our world … Continue Reading
Why Don’t Men Cry More Often?
Why do so many people in our culture still buy into the notion that “real men don’t cry”? In a … Continue Reading
Oliver Sacks Gets Personal
When world famous neurologist Oliver Sacks, explainer of things human, writes – as he did recently about family, faith and … Continue Reading
Another Mass Shooting in the Land of the Free
From Odyssey Networks’ Faith on the Record series: This time, it was an audience enjoying a comedy in a movie … Continue Reading
The Amtrak Tragedy, and All That Faith Can’t Explain
From Odyssey Networks’ Faith on the Record series: Since the Amtrak train derailed in northeast Philadelphia, I’ve been asked numerous … Continue Reading
From Standing By to Understanding: Black Lives Matter
I have been in and out of sleep all night. I wake automatically reaching for the remote to see if … Continue Reading
Anguish About the Germanwings Plane: Where Was God?
From Odyssey Networks’ Faith on the Record series: As horrifying details emerge about the cause of the Germanwings plane crash, … Continue Reading