Ruminations

One of the most difficult things to remember is to remember to remember. 

Stephen Batchelor

  • We All Need Restraint
    I enjoy conversations (not as much the sometime arguments) with my sons. As they grow in understanding and engage in the wider world outside our home, they show me the world in new ways and refresh my understanding of it. Things I’ve held as true without question they question, and I have to think aboutContinue reading “We All Need Restraint”
  • Time to Shake Off the Cobwebs
    It has been quite some time since I posted anything here on my blog, and though I feel a little built guilty about that, the principal reason mitigates that feeling significantly: We’ve had guests and travelled extensively over the Summer. Our preoccupation with hosting and with planning and executing our trips—including a long, significant tripContinue reading “Time to Shake Off the Cobwebs”
  • Off we go.
    For nearly all of my 11 years as a priest, I’ve also been a US Navy chaplain. This gives me a rather unique perspective on priesthood, since I’ve nearly always celebrated the Divine Services of the Church in places not designed for the purpose. The best of these circumstances is a base chapel facility retrofittedContinue reading “Off we go.”

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