Small Prayers

Small Prayers

A father and mother, now grey-headed, had but one son. He was born to them at the end of a woman’s ability to deliver a child. The eight-year-old boy’s name was Marcus and he had Down syndrome. The family seemed homely to many. There wasn’t much outward charm. But...
The Path You Must Take

The Path You Must Take

The Same and Different A man lies in a hospital bed dying of cancer, his emaciated body filled with suffering. He is ghastly. Another man struts through a nearby office building in the prime of life, wealthy and in need of nothing. He is handsome. Could there be a...
The Failure Healer

The Failure Healer

Fuzzy, Dead Caterpillars My seven-year-old daughter’s curiosity for bugs borders on obsession. Today, she found a dead caterpillar in our garage that came to life in our mild winter and promptly died. She located its lifeless body and held it in her hand, curiosity...

7 Reasons You Don’t Believe In Prayer

Put off by the title? Don’t be. My goal isn’t to judge you. My goal is to wake you. Nor is my purpose to cause you to throw your hands up and say, “Why pray!” That would be a fool’s errand. Complete idiocy. Rather, my aim is to start unraveling the greatest plague of...
The Truth About Your Inner Critic

The Truth About Your Inner Critic

Enough With Your Words! Mr. Psychologist, I don’t fully understand. You say that words can’t hurt us unless we let them. Yes, intellectually that’s true. If we were machines, then your advice would work like magic in real life. I wish I was a...