Mark 8:22-26 / “What do you see?” he asked me. / It was a simple question: / describe what is before you, / give it a name. Do you remember? / No? Well, do the best you can / All this was in my...

“Your father and I have been very worried . . .” (Luke 2:48)

To me now, wonder and awe are the necessary candles for our nights of darkness ... Through them we find what we can give back to God—our spiritual innocence.

There was always a river to cross in life. This would not be their last. Crossing rivers was sometimes an escape, sometimes a transition to a new life, sometimes just what had to be done at the...