“Conversion happens in the spaces between events.” Macrina Wiederkehr How I love spending time in the Word with Sister Macrina! Today, using her book Abide: Keeping Vigil with the Word of God, I meditate on the conversion story of the apostle Paul, formerly known as Saul of Tarsus, as written in Acts 9. Saul, a [...]

My good friend Patty just started a blog, “Stark Raving Mythopath, Musings about Myth and Meaning and Everyday Mysteries.” (http://www.mythopath.blogspot.com) Don’t you just love that title? Her first post, “Magic Beans,” is as tasty as a bowl of my mother’s bean soup on a brisk autumn day. A handful of magic beans: Plant them. Water [...]