Tag Archives: family

Anniversaries

Posted on July 27, 2017 by

This morning’s prayer is for those carrying their grief under their skin, pricked by memories. Continue reading →

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Crossing time

Posted on May 19, 2017 by

This time next week, I hope to have reached the mountaintop. Between here and there is a steep and rocky ridge. Last time I crossed Crib Goch, it was on my hands and knees. My ambition, some quarter of a … Continue reading →

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The ghosting of a marriage

Posted on September 4, 2016 by

There are things they forget to tell you about being married. They advise you not to go to bed angry, to be kind, attentive, grateful, to say seven nice things every day. They may tell you to keep communications open … Continue reading →

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She’s leaving home

Posted on July 30, 2016 by

My eldest child left home this week. It was a lot less dramatic than you might think. Just as the act of birthing her was fraught with all of the emotion under the sun, but revolved in the moment around … Continue reading →

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In memoriam

Posted on March 12, 2016 by

From the edge of the cliff we see no horizon. Earth, air, water merge, solid state dissolves, breath condenses, dessicates; we lick salt out of the sky. I drive him to the airport. Lumbering hulls filled with gear and stuff; … Continue reading →

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Year C Lent 4: life and death

Posted on March 5, 2016 by

It is such a familiar story, and one which we love: God running to us, skirts hitched up, “my child! My child!” It is all the good news that we need. We were dead but are alive again, by the … Continue reading →

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A cynical preacher on the prodigal parable

Posted on March 1, 2016 by

Every story has a point of view. I knew that family. I would have told their story a little differently than Jesus did. I would have told you a little more. The kid was a chancer, a gambler, an addict. … Continue reading →

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