I can’t believe, just can’t believe she’s six.
Sophie, a set on Flickr.
In honor of Sophie’s birthday, a slideshow of some of my favorite photos.
To the Child Who Asks by Sally Thomas Am I your favorite? you want to know. And I say yes: As every breath I take’s My favorite breath. If, say, you’re eight, that makes You my favorite eight-year-old. Ditto Ten, nine, seven, six, five, yada, zero...
An interesting follow-up to my post about rules of disputation derived from the Dominican and Jesuit traditions is this piece, also from one of the Jesuit bloggers at The Jesuit Post, about Pope Francis and understanding the agenda of the...
Siren Song By Margaret Atwood This is the one song everyone would like to learn: the song that is irresistible: the song that forces men to leap overboard in squadrons even though they see the beached skulls the song nobody knows because anyone who...
[This post is the first in a series about our family’s “curriculum” for faith formation.] “Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ.” — St Jerome We all want our children to be familiar with the Bible. But...
Vanishing Point by Billy Collins You thought it was just a pencil dot art students made in the middle of the canvas before they started painting the barn, cows, haystacks, or just a point where railroad tracks fuse, a spot engineers stare at from...
When people hear I prepared Bella for her first communion myself rather than sending her to the parishes religious education program, they often ask, “what curriculum do you use?” Well, I think it’s time to start a new blog series...
from The Book of Questions by Pablo Neruda translated by William O’Daly III. Tell me, is the rose naked or is that her only dress? Why do trees conceal the splendor of their roots? Who hears the regrets of the thieving automobile? Is there...
Two really good pieces came my way this week, both by religious order bloggers attempting to apply the traditions of their respective orders to the wild west of Internet comment boxes. Thinking about how to argue not only with civility but with...
