A Spirituality of Pruning
Also in this issue: In Other Words: Martha, Martha; Bishop Barron: Breaking Through the Buffered Self · News: Writing News; No Shortage of People in Need; Bike Saga, Part 2 · Postscript: A Midsummer Garden
I Want to Thank the Kid Who Stole My Bike
A kid stole my bike out of my garage last week. On the upside, while the thief took my bike, he didn’t leave me entirely empty-handed. Over the past few days, I’ve been making an accounting, and here’s what I figure he added to my inventory.
About Those Kids Who Crashed Our Neighborhood Potluck
In this issue: About Those Kids Who Crashed Our Neighborhood Potluck · Bishop Daniel Flores on Guns and Despair · A New Family in Huff House · My Soundtrack This Week
What I Hear When I Go Birding by Ear
In this issue: Birding By Ear · Robin Wall Kimmerer: Science Needs More Wisdom, Not More Data · Why I Was MIA Last Week; CW Website Update · Mourning Doves & Engineers
Looking for Mariwood
In this issue: Maybe the past isn’t as lost to us as we think · The World Needs More Hypocrites (Starting with You) · Killing the Monster · The Bizarre Concrete Vision of Fred Smith
A Resurrection Worth Singing About, Even in the Storm
In the face of war, abuse, and sad throwing-up children, I believe in its happy ending Happy Easter, a few days late—or Merry Christmas might be more appropriate, given the wintery weather we’ve had here in the Upper Midwest the past few weeks. This newsletter is supposed to go out every Sunday, and I had…
Into the Desert Once Again
If I’d been an Israelite at the time of the Exodus, I’m sure I would have been one of the cranky gripers and complainers; I know this because I don’t look forward to the season of Lent. Not at all. I like my sugar, caffeine, meat, chocolate, etc., etc. I get especially whiny on those…
They’re at Home on the River
Like Huck Finn, these independent spirits have found a home (and a little adventure) on the Mississippi River. Soon as it was night, out we shoved; when we got her out to about the middle, we let her alone, and let her float wherever the current wanted her to. . .. Yonder was the banks…
The Catholic Worker Is a Fool
…as you will undoubtedly be told when you have The Conversation with friends and family Anyone who has ever joined the Winona Catholic Worker as a live-in volunteer has inevitably had The Conversation with his or her family and other relatives. With surprisingly few exceptions, the announcement that one is about to join the Catholic…
We Need to Stop Fueling Partisan Violence. Here’s How.
Millions of Americans say they could justify violence in the wake of an electoral defeat. To stop a post-election nightmare, we need to act now. Does anyone else wake up at 3 a.m. worrying about the future of democracy in America, or is it just me? As I lay there in the dark listening to…
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