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I was up all night with Mama again last night. She’s gone from sleeping around the clock for days on end to not sleeping at all. She’s also beginning to hallucinate again. Nothing bad. She just hears people telling her how pretty she is. I’m ok with it so long as it stays positive. Hospice is supposed to help me figure out what we can do to regulate her sleep. In the meantime, I’m just tired. Not sad. Not miserable.... Read more
I’m a bit behind the curve in covering Pope Francis’ trip to Korea. But it is a significant event. I spent a week with Youth With a Mission in Hawaii a few years ago. While I was there, I met many Korean Christians who were training to go into missions all over Asia. One of them told me that Korea is the number two missionary-sending nation in the world. The first is the United States. These were Protestants, but the Catholic... Read more
Pope Francis challenges all of us. Evidently, a lot of people are irate with the pope because of the choice between their politics and their faith that he’s put in front of them. For those of you like me, who trust the pope and want to follow him, but who aren’t quite ready to rip out the air con, here are five healthy, holy, and relatively painless things you can do. Implementing them will not only give you time to work your way... Read more
I’ve received a few jibes lately from Catholics, claiming that I must be a feminist. These comments are usually full to the brim with what are either implications or direct claims that I can’t possibly be a good Catholic, since I am … you know … the culture wars f word. Truth told, I am a feminist. I’ve written about it, and, indeed, made whole speeches about it in many public forums. I don’t hide it. I’m proud of it. In fact, I... Read more
I’ve decided I’m going to post Pope Francis’ prayer intentions every month. This one is challenging for those of us in the West because the Holy Father is asking us to do something that runs against our basic instinct for survival. Americans have always welcomed those in need, and we have a long history of reaching out to help others. It is unfair and untrue to characterize the American people as indifferent to the suffering of the world. We have... Read more
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