Title: Voices
Date: January 18, 2009
Texts: I Sam 3:1-20; Jn 1:43-51
Author: Isaac Villegas
“In my soul I feel just that terrible pain of loss, of God not wanting me,
of God not being God, of God not really existing.”
“If I ever become a saint, I will surely be one of darkness.”
— Mother Teresa
I want to tell you three [...]

One of the Charles family traditions that my Grandmother started is that instead of exchanging Christmas gifts we share a story about something which happened to us during the year. This is the story I wrote a little belatedly this year and decided to send it out as my latest update.
“It’s the simple [...]

Title: Fully Alive
Date: Jan 11, 2009, the Baptism of our Lord
Texts: Gen 1:1-5; Ps 29; Mk 1:4-11
Author: Isaac Villegas
“The glory of God is the human being fully alive…”
— Irenaeus, 2nd century
Last week I finally got around to cutting out a bunch of the dead plants in my front yard—Baptisias, a Carolina Lupine, Coneflowers, a Seashore [...]