We’ve been making slushies at home, learning golf, and enjoying other summer fun.
Commentary
Music across the miles
When this pandemic is just a memory let’s keep some of the best aspects like the the virtual children’s piano recitals.
Adam, Eve and evolution/Reading murder mysteries
Father Doyle fields a question about Adam, Eve and evolution, and another on reading mystery novels.
Lives more than matter
If we truly believe as the church teaches – and as we know in our hearts – that every person is created in the image and likeness of God, then the sign in my neighborhood has it right: matter is the minimum.
Fish pancakes, a birthday kick-off and cantaloupe confusion (7 Quick Takes)
I love looking at the pancakes to see what form they’ve taken on, sort of like clouds in the sky.
Finding a vacation state of mind
The problem with vacations, I suppose, is that they end. But that’s part of the joy of vacations, too—that the time is limited and special.
Year of the Eucharist
Whatever divisions exist among the bishops, all of us agree on the need for a comprehensive effort to revivify faith in the Eucharist in every diocese of our country.
What’s in a life?
By the time this article appears, our friends, the cicadas, will have gone.
What we did on our beach vacation (7 Quick Takes)
Funnel cakes and fishing and other fun on our trip to the beach
The weight of carrying a regret
Regrets also possess a positive side, they humble us, teaching us that we are not the strong person we desire to be. They are reminders of how easy it is to commit undesirable acts that cause us to weep.
The generous fisherman
Then a man who was fishing nearby approached us. “I really want to see them catch something,” he said.
Summer festivities and fun (7 Quick Takes)
Late on the afternoon of Father’s Day, I said, “I wonder whether I should make cupcakes….”