Below the Surface of the Wilderness
Max Woolaver
October 18, 2021
In the nighttime when you are searching for answers, Yahweh comes to you. When you stretch out your arms and offer up broken phrases of
In the nighttime when you are searching for answers, Yahweh comes to you. When you stretch out your arms and offer up broken phrases of
Humans are curious creatures. And by ‘curious’ I mean odd. Endowed with remarkable powers of observation and rational power, humans often refuse to be either
This writing is dedicated to the memory of two men. The first on my mind is Randal, who was struck by a car when he
The church hall was filled with children — running, skipping, letting loose – how easily children get back up on their feet! There were street folks too — ‘psychiatric
Candles the colour of honey flickered silently on either side of the low passage to the burial chamber. Bowing to enter, we three then stood
Lent is a time for tracking thoughts to their origin. This ‘tracking’ can take us across surprising ground. Sometimes the hunt begins with an interruption.
A very serious decision was called for … and quickly. I was hurtling down a steep well-polished bannister, side-saddle, over steep marble stairs. Only seconds
“Old men ought to be explorers…” wrote T.S. Eliot in the East Coker section of the Four Quartets. I have been feeling very much like
Pretty well everyone I know is not sleeping well. There are myriad reasons for this. Would you like me to list them just to make
These are days of crushing anxiety. The stack of paralyzing medical, social, political and environmental issues weigh heavy on the heart and soul. St. Paul
Ray (not his real name) is a great friend of mine. He is a fine visual artist, a lover of music with a wicked sense
As I stood before the withering fire of her spoken history a cavern of loneliness opened up within me. She stood eye to eye with
So — this was my third year in England, and London became my hunting ground for work as a pub entertainer. I had a day job in
It’s the bottom of the 10th in the nail biting 2011 Texas Rangers/St. Louis Cardinals World Series. Game 6. The Rangers lead the series 3-2
Great books can launch great adventures! In this particular case, The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross and Spiritual Friend by Tilden Edwards.
When I woke up that morning and thought about the day, a 9- hour drive was not on the list of things to do. Later
Proverbs 8:22 (New Jerusalem Bible) “Yahweh created me, first fruits of his fashioning, before the oldest of his works. From everlasting I was firmly set,
I was a pretty good shoplifter in my early years. I am not saying it was a good thing to do — which it is not — I am