Best of Spirits

Vatican issues a correction

Good Friday ruminations on belief and faith

I open the car door, and there's no dog to jump into his "rolling doghouse" anymore.

You thought you were leading? Just try to keep up!

No matter what you do, no matter where I am, I get that feeling

Getting it together in the service of a rockin' God. Meant with all respect for her.

Losing my hair? Maybe in another thirty years! Mindful Webworker and Majic Clark cover the Beatles' When I'm Sixty-Four in inimitable fashion.

With just a shake of the head, the fur does spread. Starring Jack the Cat. He was a good kitty. Re-rolled to correct Jack's birth year.

A comparison study of pet responses.

What I got from the Gospels

A long cold winter in the forecast. Stock up on faith.

They might be just one miracle, two parts. When an old oak fell.

Odds suggest there's lots of technological civilizations out in the universe, faith suggests the Government of God is in control, so why haven't they contacted us yet?

What in Heaven do you mean by no Hell? Some theological noodling about the unreality of the place with the guy with the pitchfork and horns.

Despite blots on the canvas, the big picture matters

Crossing all barriers of culture and language and time. I find his history compelling.

Everybody knew no man could possibly survive. Everybody knew he was dead.

One man's enlightened truth is another's heresy, and heretics buck the Powers That Be at mortal risk.

Suddenly, there was mud on his eyelids.