To anyone who still happens to track this blog, my apologies for the dearth of posts in recent months. I’ve got a lot of catching up to do.
This post picks up from my recent series recounting my March, 2016 trip to the Holy Land. Continue reading
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Christ in the Desert / New Mexico
A couple of weeks ago I had the chance to sneak away for a few days at one of my favorite places – Christ in the Desert Monastery in New Mexico. I’ve never found a better place for prayer, solitude, silence and the rugged beauty of the mountain desert. Continue reading
Holy Land – Day 5: Bertie and Me
I shuffled out of my tent-room as the morning light began to brighten the eastern sky. A hush engulfed our groggy group as we shuffled through the camp and out into the dryness of the desert.
Bertie and I noticed each other immediately, eyes catching from across the crowd awaiting us for our morning adventure. Of course, Bertie was coy and pretended that I was nothing special. For me, I couldn’t help be drawn to her colorful adornments and accouterments. Continue reading
Holy Land – Day 4: Camping Bedouin-style
We ended Day 4 of our pilgrimage Bedouin-style with an overnight stay at Captain’s Desert Camp on the fringe of Wadi Rum. This desert camp of tents, some individual and some multi-room, was perched at the base of a large outcrop of rock. An oasis of sorts, complete with palm trees, it offers an interesting type of accommodation quite different from the fine hotels we had been staying in. Continue reading
Holy Land – Day 4: Sailing Across Wadi Rum
After visiting the ancient Nabatean capital of Petra, we hightailed it south to Wadi Rum. Also called The Valley of the Moon, it’s the largest wadi in Jordan. Continue reading
Holy Land – Day 1: Sunday Mass in the Melkite Rite
This is the second episode of my Holy Land journal, from my trip to Jordan and Israel in March 2016. We are still on Day 1, which lumps together all of the flights from home and our initial experiences in Amman. It’s basically two days, but it keeps the itinerary in sync to consider it one very long, LONG, day. Continue reading
Holy Land – Day 1: Taking Flight
This is the first of several posts to come about my recent and first-ever trip to the Holy Lands of Jordan and Israel. I’ve been trying to decide if I should just hit the high points of the trip, or to give a more complete chronology.
I decided that a chronology will work best for me personally, as a journal of this wonderful pilgrimage. So bear with me. I won’t be offended if you skip over parts you find boring.
To Everything There Is A Season
Falling House
My iPhone Did This: Nov 2015
November was a very busy month, full of travel, football, and the beginning of Advent. Here is a random collection of photos that my iPhone capture, in no particular order.
A Taste of New Mexico
Some of you may know that I claim two home states: Oklahoma and New Mexico. Oklahoma is where my grandparents lived, my parents were born, some of my siblings were born, and where I went to college and have lived since 1991. It’s the first place that I think of as home when I’m far away. Continue reading
On the Water in Chicago
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Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world. – Frank Lloyd Wright
Frigid & Fiery
A beautiful sunrise drive from Stillwater to Tulsa this morning, but was it ever cold!
Roadtrip: Touching Base
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Every once in awhile … ok, every three or four months … I have to hit the road. Continue reading
Lost in the Fog
Driving into downtown Tulsa, I had to chuckle. Continue reading
Converge
The challenge this week at dailypost.wordpress.com is “converge” – exploring the ways lines and shapes can converge in interesting ways through photography. Continue reading
Weekly Photo Challenge – Humanity in the Children of Guatemala
My friend Maria, who blogs at Another Cup of Coffee, has been reminding of my tardiness in updating my blog. Her recent post for the Weekly Photo Challenge over at dailypost.wordpress.com has spurred me to action with this week’s great topic: Humanity Continue reading
Catholic Photo Challenge #5: Filial Trust
Hello! Thanks for reading about Catholic Photo Challenge #5!
I called in the big guns for help on this new challenge. My dear friend Maria Johnson (begojohnson.com) has graciously agreed (OK, I twisted her arm live on Catholic Weekend) to guest post for this challenge. Thanks Maria! Continue reading
Catholic Photo Challenge #4: Sign of Fidelity
I was having a tough time coming up with a theme for this photo challenge when I ran across an article written by my bishop, Most Reverend Edward Slattery, Bishop of Tulsa, in the latest issue of the Eastern Oklahoma Catholic, our diocesan magazine. Continue reading
Omaha Beach, in Normandy
In the spring of 2006, I had the privilege to help lead a group of University of Tulsa Newman Center students on a pilgrimage to the Shrines of France. One day, while traveling through Normandy, we stopped to visit the D-Day beaches and the American Military Cemetery there. Continue reading
Catholic Photo Challenge #2: Isaiah 9:1
The imagery of light and darkness found throughout Scripture is very powerful, as we see here in Isaiah 9:1:
“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light;Upon those who lived in a land of gloom a light has shone.” (Isaiah 9:1)