A dear friend of mine this Christmas gave me a hat that says “God is good.” I haven’t worn it much. Not because I’m ashamed to let people know I’m a Christian. I just haven’t been entirely convinced that what the hat says is true. Is God really good? Yesterday, I got angry at GodContinueContinue reading “On goodness”
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A lesson from Leibowitz: The conflict of Mary and Martha
At the end of the novel A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter Miller presents a disturbing character named Mrs. Grales, a tomato farmer who hawks her tomatoes to the cooks at the abbey of St. Leibowitz. But Mrs. Grales is more than just a farmer; she is a freak. On the side of her neck growsContinueContinue reading “A lesson from Leibowitz: The conflict of Mary and Martha”
When reason and emotions fail there is communion
A few years ago, I was making a holy hour of adoration in front of the blessed sacrament. (That’s Catholic speak for I was praying in front of the Host that we believe is the body of Christ.) I was contemplating a troublesome question. Can’t remember exactly what I was thinking about, but whatever itContinueContinue reading “When reason and emotions fail there is communion”
RL Martin 