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This was pretty cool, too: David’s care package the first day of school, with this note: Welcome Did you wonder, did you ponder, What these things had to do With being in school, just like you? A rubber band …. to remind you of those times when you want to give a hug or receive…

Thanks to reader Babs for sending me the following excerpt from one of Madeleine L’Engle’s books, “Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art.” Madeleine was one of my very favorite authors, and I was saddened by her recent death. It made me regret that afternoon at the Religious Booksellers Trade Exhibit when I skipped…

If you’ve been reading Beyond Blue loyally, I need not introduce you to Larry Parker, perhaps my most, um, vocal reader. I was very moved by his comment to my post on 9/11 and Tumbling Towers. Like Madeleine L’Engle and her mom, he has learned a great deal from his suffering and (if I am…

Dear God, I used the hate the Parable of the Prodigal Son. Almost as much as I hate the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard (Matthew 20:1-16). Because it’s unfair. Here I am, trying to do everything right and good and holy, and along comes Bozo who feeds you a line after decades of…
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