Category Archives: Oh My God

OK, this new Pope is freakin’ me out.  If you’re Catholic or read my blog last year about Holy Thursday, you know that it’s a very special service.  If you’re not Catholic, Holy Thursday services commemorate the Last Supper when … Continue reading →

What IS it about Catholics and our Papal election that just whips the rest of the world into a chimney watching, odds laying, history spewing media frenzy?  I’m not complaining, I just think it’s kind of funny.  All of a … Continue reading →

And now it is Easter.  Resuurection! Renewal!  The new beginning we talked about on Holy Thursday!  (I must interject I went to Good Friday Mass at a different parish and it felt more at home, more reverent.  However, I will … Continue reading →

“What’s THAT about?”  Terri would say whenever she somewhat disapproved of something but was willing to entertain explanation of why it was the way it was. One of the challenges facing me is finding a Catholic Church to attend.  After … Continue reading →

The boys used to have a video game that was like a Star Wars movie  – you  fly jets through small spaces at high speeds and avoid being ambushed or hitting a wall.  Each time the game started the voice … Continue reading →

Lent: A time for reflection on “how I’m doing” on this road to spiritual perfection.  Oops, not so good it appears. The body of the young man who died on the Oregon coast when the tsunami hit washed up on … Continue reading →

Remember way back when after my silent retreat the big question was how we will bring humanity forward as technology continues to progress?  Remember when I mentioned the Singularity movement?  Humans + machines = superintelligence? TIME Magazine’s cover story this … Continue reading →

Today I went to see a documentary “Pink Smoke Over the Vatican.”  This is a documentary about the struggle of ordinary yet extraordinary Catholics to bring about change in the Church against all odds.  It is about women’s ordination in … Continue reading →

I am excited to have been introduced to something that is near and dear to my heart: the mutual importance of science and religion – not either/or, but rather both/and.  I may be really out of commission for awhile between … Continue reading →

About ten years ago, during Advent, our parish held a 3 day retreat.  I received a phone call at dinnertime (never answer the phone during dinner) and it was Father John, asking me if I wouldn’t mind sharing with the … Continue reading →