Djeran Easter
In Australia Easter is at the wrong time of the year. A festival of rebirth in Autumn, celebrating an empty tomb with chocolate eggs, as the world slides into winter. But then, in Australia,…
Tag: Lent & Easter
Growing Again, Not Yet Blooming: Spring in the Ohio River Valley
“Lord, I’ve been trying to be understood And Lord, I’ve been trying to do as you would But each time, it gets a little harder I feel the pain But I’ll try again.” ~Big Star,…
Christ in a Waiting Room: An Early Spring Spiritual Epiphany
Christ comes to us in strange ways, in blessedly strange ways. I remember a day during the strange liminal space somewhere between St. Valentine’s Day and Lent, when the air still bites of winter but…
Beauty and the Boundless Power of Good Over Evil
I want to tell you a story. I want to tell you a story of victory, of beauty, and of the boundless power of good over evil. A story where hope resounds and grace reigns,…
A Night of Fallen Nothingness
[A Good Friday poem] The Altar stripped, the candles dark, the Crossconcealed behind a purple shroud, the sun;mere slantings through an afternoon of grief,while all the world is emptied of all hope. The dead remain,…
The Weight of the Cross
How can we ever truly know and understand the true weight of the cross? We can’t. But life can, and will, give us glimpses of that weight. I’ve felt some of that weight. I’ve looked…
The Crucifixion and the Resurrection: A Muslim’s Reflection on a Holy Time
We are currently experiencing a very Holy period of time. It is the time of Passover. It is the time of Easter. It is the time when we are preparing for the Holy Month of…
What I Learned from the Great Mouse Detective
I'm slowly working my way through our VHS collection of the Disney classics. The other day my daughter and I snuggled on the couch with a bowl of frozen cherries (those were, in hindsight, a…
A Christ-Worshiper’s Response
In response to a poem by Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyya ~ O Christ-worshipers! Fair questions have been put to us in search of wise answers, By our kin, children of Ibrahim, our father in faith, and…
Ubi Petrus
For Inky and Jason “Ubi Petrus, ibi Ecclesia.” - St. Ambrose of Milan Where Peter was, there also was the Tomb -- Blood-sodden dreams cold-rotting in old sin, The Chalice left unwashed, the Upper Room…