Vasco has arrived! A little after 10 a.m. today, Vasco and Mac arrived at O’Hare from Malawi after a 30-hour journey. God is so good. Thank you – ALL of you – for your prayers, support and love. Vasco’s giggle is the best thing I’ve ever heard. Period. We’ll be updating your regularly in this space and at Vasco’s Heart as Vasco moves through his treatment for a congenital heart defect in the coming weeks. Read more

And then there WAS Maude: RIP Bea Arthur I loved her so.From Yente the Matchmaker to Mame’s Vera to Maude to Dorothy on the Golden Girls. She was THE queen. Read more

GODSTUFFTRAVELS WITH BRUCE: INTO THE SOUL OF THIS WORLD OF WONDERS There’s roads and there’s roads And they call, can’t you hear it? Roads of the earth And roads of the spirit . . . — Bruce Cockburn’s “Child of the Wind” Mali. Mozambique. Central America. The Himalayas. Kosovo. I’ve never been to any of these exotic locales, but I feel as if I have because of the more than 30 years of music made by Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn.... Read more

Christos Anesti! “He rose. A few saw him briefly and talked to him. If it is true, there is nothing left to say. If it’s not true, there is nothing left to say. For believers and unbelievers both, life has never been the same again. For some, neither has death.” — Frederick BuechnerBeyond Words: Daily Readings in the ABC’s of Faith Read more

Good Friday. The boys of Chisomo in Blantyre, Malawi.Music by Elvis Perkins. For us, He died. Grace. Unqualified. For all. Read more

GODSTUFF NEW DOCUMENTARY WITCH HUNT:“I WAS IN PRISON AND YOU VISITED ME” Twenty-seven years ago this month, Brenda and Scott Kniffen, a homemaker and an inventory manager of a diesel shop, were arrested and charged with sexually abusing their two young sons, Brian and Brandon, ages 6 and 8. Under intense questioning by police and social welfare workers, the boys claimed to have been not only molested by their parents, but also ritually abused in a satanic cult. The youngsters... Read more

Vasco’s coming! The last piece of the puzzle came together early this morning when the US embassy in Malawi approved Vasco’s visa. He’ll be here in 16 days. Thank you so much for all your prayers and support. Read more