Only four books this month Lt. Col Scott Mann (Ret.) (2022). Operation Pineapple Express: The Incredible Story of a Group of Americans who Undertook One Last Mission and Honored a Promised in Afghanistan. Simon and Schuster.

כִּי לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃ Kî ḥeseḏʿôlām His steadfast love endures forever. PSALM 136 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever. Give thanks to the God of gods, for his steadfast love endures forever. Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his steadfast love endures forever; to him who alone does great wonders, for his…

November, caught between death and Incarnation November. The month that gets lost between holidays. October celebrates the harvest and the ancestors and buckets full of candy. December brings gifts of Advent and Incarnation and a jolly old man wearing red. In between comes a breath scented with rain, decay, and…

Both/And, not Either/Or Binaries are interesting things. They do exist; some things are either one thing or another without any nuance. But we live in strange times. Things that should be clearly binary (especially male and female) are called fluid, and things that are nuanced are called either right or…

Plenty of “time” this month Carlo Rovelli (2018). The Order of Time. [Audible] Narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch. Penguin Audio.

In a world gone mad, we have an eternal hope. When the surgeon requires more than an hour and a four inch plate to put your collarbone back together, you know the healing process will take a minute. …

The spiritual and physical realms intersecting The next several days host festivities to honor, remember, and connect the present physical world to the spiritual realm. Every culture has some kind of remembrance day for relatives that have died. In the East, late Summer is the time, but for most Western…

October is becoming scary for me in unexpected ways! If October is about skeletons for many people. I figured I could share mine, too. Mine, however is my real broken clavicle that will be held together with plates and screws in a few hours. It was just a walk! I…

My family is complicated, to say the least. My default position is love first, then conversations about our differences. Sometimes we can’t resolve differences of opinion, but “agree to disagree” on most issues makes peace. And that’s okay. I don’t expect everyone to always agree. I have family members who…