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In the Fire
The question is not whether the flames will come—
but who will be standing with us in them.
Recent Reflections
A Penny For Your Thoughts
I dropped a penny in the parking lot outside a sandwich shop in Kailua yesterday. As I reached for my car door handle with my pinky finger, it slipped loose and fell to the ground. I looked down at it. My hands were full and my hip has been bugging me lately, so I...
Faced With Glory
Mercy, Me. There are a few lines in the hit song I Can Only Imagine by MercyMe that grip me every time I hear them: Surrounded by Your glory What will my heart feel? Will I stand in Your presence Or in awe of You be still? More than lyrical musing, these words point...
From Stones to Bread
Perched Above the Water My husband and I were invited to join a couple of good friends for dinner last week at The Signature Prime Steak and Seafood in downtown Honolulu. While I was excited to celebrate the two birthdays between us all, we were one day into Lent, and...
Measuring Up
We spend a lot of time measuring. What we give.What we get.What we think we’re owed. One of the most common refrains in our culture today sounds almost virtuous: “You don’t owe anyone anything.” It’s offered as wisdom, self-care, or a boundary against being taken...
From a Dog’s Love to God’s: A Mirror for Today
January 18, 2025 For eleven years, she was ours — the family dog.But for about the last eight of those years, her heart belonged to me. Shiva.Our beautiful yellow Labrador retriever. As our kids grew older and busier with their own lives, she and I began spending more...
One Light. One Love.
Light from Light A couple nights ago, I found myself awake in the dark—my house quiet, my thoughts running here, there, and everywhere. While some people may count sheep, I often pray the Profession of Faith to slow things down. This time, I stopped on a few of the...
The Gift of Belonging
Caught in the Downpour Ever driven through a downpour so heavy that even your wipers on full blast can’t clear the windshield? You’re inching along, squinting through the blur, heart pounding, wondering when you’ll see the road again. That’s how the last nine days...
Because God is Love?
Listening to the Daily Readings for Mass this morning through my Amen app, these words from John really packed a punch: “God is love.” They called to mind a moment I’ll never forget. It was years ago, and my son asked me a question about God, pain, and suffering. It’s...
A Prime Time Epiphany
Reflecting on the Epiphany Yesterday at church, we celebrated the Solemnity of the Epiphany—the three Magi finding Christ by following a mysterious star. I’ve been thinking about my “resolutions” since New Year’s Eve, and this morning it dawned on me what my course of...