Social Chaos
A time of challenge
We each have our own times of wilderness – and the testing that goes with that. Each wilderness experience that comes our way brings difficulties and struggles – and, also – opportunities for growth and learning. The Gospel of Mark says that there were wild beasts in the wilderness with Jesus. Aren’t our wilderness times…
A time for learning
We all have wilderness times in our lives. Jesus’ wilderness time “immediately” followed his baptism and the powerful affirmation of who he was: “You are my Beloved; with you I am well pleased.” The Gospels say that the same Spirit who descended on him at his baptism also drove him out into the bleak, lonely…
The turmoil of Twinkie twilight
As all my friends know, I am a martyr to my diet with ceaseless determination to lose 25 pounds. Recently I was shaken to the core by a drastic turn of events – the Hostess Corp. has filed bankruptcy proceedings. Never a food junkie, I have on rare occasions taken comfort from a Twinkie or,…
