I’m not Catholic, but I live in a very Catholic country now. I am a Christian though, and so I appreciate Catholicism. Some of it. I especially like the passionate, mixed-with-indigenous version you find deep in Mexico. It’s just so weird and beautiful. I recently came upon instructions for praying a Novena to St. Jude, [...]
I woke up on this Sunday morning to clear skies and sunshine, so decided to go and climb Cerro de las Culebras (Hill of the Snakes) again. Cerro de las Culebras is a big hill only a few blocks from downtown Coatepec. It’s amazingly easy to get to and to get to the top of, [...]
I want to start by thanking all of the people who have told me that they enjoy this blog and keep returning to it. I’m enjoying it as much as you are. There’s so much I have on my heart to say about this place and what I’m experiencing here. As I ride my bike [...]
All kinds of interesting things are going on in town today to honor Maria, La Virgen de Guadalupe (good Wikipedia article here), and I got some pictures and videos. A children’s parade: Notice the colors of the Mexican flag; it seems like veneration for Maria and Mexican nationalism go hand-in-hand with no apologies. Along the [...]
I’ve read and re-read God Calling by A.J. Russell for over twenty years now. it’s what is known as a Christian daily devotional, a book composed of a collection of 365 short readings. For me, no spiritual book (other than maybe the books of the Bible) even compares to it. It speaks to me in [...]
I’m reading Everything Must Change: Jesus, Global Crises, and a Revolution of Hope, a book by Brian D. McLaren, and it’s really making me think, very deeply, about some of the things which matter most to me in the world. This is the first I’ve heard of or read McLaren’s writings. I stumbled upon his [...]