The Mockingbird
Poetry’s Encounter with the Mysteries of the Sacred
Creating with words alone an imaginative space through which the sacred enters our human world.
Coming to Terms
One “understands” a mystery by living with it, contemplating it, responding to it, and with God’s help, coming to terms with it.
An Appalachian Commedia
A tale of two West Virginian grandmothers and Dante’s Beatrice as the face of the Divine love and mercy.
Prodigal Grace
Grace is not just something that God does, an activity tangential to who God is. Grace has a name.
Mercy Begets Mercy
As goopy as it might be, we can’t show mercy to others unless we know mercy for ourselves.
An Impossible Forgiveness: When the Words Become True
After a radical act of forgiveness, a mother works to have her son’s killer released from prison.
Help! How Do I Balance Love and Tough-Love?
Fielding Questions on Parenting, WebMD Self-Diagnosing, and Med Student Anxiety