Zerubbabel was in Jerusalem to rebuild the temple. Joshua (not the Moses Joshua) was the high priest and was to oversee the project. The people of Israel, God’s people, had been carried into exile decades before this. The city walls had been knocked down. The temple of Solomon had been smashed and defiled. And then […]

On the bulletin board above my desk is a card. I wrote it sometime mid-2022. It says, “Rather than saying ‘do this’, say ‘try this.’” I wrote it and then went on with my work, which includes saying things to people. I often tell people what to do. More accurately, I write and speak in […]

Rich Dixon is taking us upstream. +++ I promised a fun backstory. I wanted a cool-sounding Latin phrase. I asked a friend, principal of a big Catholic high school, if he knew someone who could help. “How about a priest who does translation work at The Vatican Library?” Yeah, that’ll work. So Exordio Somnii – […]

I wrote this long ago. The patient died shortly after I wrote it. But as recently as yesterday, I was by a bed, with a family and physician, asking God for wisdom. And so it’s worth thinking about again. +++ A patient was lying in a hospital bed. The people who can see inside bodies […]

I wrote this almost five years ago. I just found it. I think I’m not much more loving that I was then. +++ I was driving home Thursday afternoon. After a day on the road, I was thinking about what I would like to say to you if we were traveling together. You know the […]