thresholds
Since reading John Neafsey’s book (Act Justly, Love Tenderly: Lifelong Lessons in Conscience and Calling, Orbis, 2016), I have been doing a lot of thinking about what I’m being called to at this stage of my life. American writer Howard Thurman tells us, “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, … More Issues That Touch My Heart
I am waiting for a flight that will return me to Florida, a place I now call home. It’s confusing in that I am leaving a place that I called home for 43 years. When people ask me where I am from, I often distinguish between where I am from and where I live, depending … More The Place We Call Home
There is something exhilarating about the first day of summer! I think it’s all that light at the beginning and end of the day. I live in Florida now, where we enjoy summer weather for more than half of the year, yet the first day of summer still signals a transition to more relaxing days. … More First Day of Summer
These reflections are drawn from my journals of 1999 and 2000. I was in my early 50’s when I made this particular job transition from a small Catholic college, where I was being considered for tenure and full professor, to a prestigious engineering school, where I would be in a faculty development support position. During … More The Threshold Between Jobs
You may be wondering where I have been. It’s almost two weeks since I posted anything. I would like to say that I was celebrating the Christmas Season right up to its conclusion with the Lord’s Baptism last Sunday. The truth is that I have been stuck in that liminal space that transitions us from … More January Malaise
I learned a new word this summer – liminal – as in liminal space. As so often happens, once I learned its meaning, I noticed the term in several books that I had been reading. And, about that time, I received an email from a friend in which he used liminal space in ordinary conversation. … More Liminal Space
