After providing care for her in our home for five years, my mother passed from this life on May 19, 2012. On the first anniversary of her passing, I am aware that my journey of grief has passed through many different experiences, memories, and sensations. The feelings of sadness for… Read More »One Year Later
Homily in Memory of Dorothy B. Kavar October 12, 1927 – May 19, 2012 Delivered at her funeral, May 23, 2012, by Dr. Lou Kavar In the gospels, Jesus uses many metaphors to describe the realm of God – that dimension where we encounter the Divine. When we consider those… Read More »Homily in Memory of Dorothy B. Kavar
It was early Sunday morning. I sat in the general area of the church where I’m usually to be found. Bleary eyed, I looked passed the sanctuary and out the plate glass windows to the trees now bare in late autumn. I may have looked like I was in some… Read More »Growing Up Poor – Memories from My Mother
We sat in a circle around a small table on which a single purple candle burned. After slowing reading together on of the psalms from the Hebrew Bible, one of the women read a passage from the Gospel of John. It was a familiar story. Jesus was in Bethany at… Read More »Fragment Ointment: Applying Care at the Right Time