A short story by Andy Weir

You were on your way home when you died.

It was a car accident. Nothing particularly remarkable, but fatal nonetheless. You left behind a wife and two children. It was a painless death. The EMTs tried their best to save you, but to no avail. Your body was so utterly shattered you were better off, trust me.

And that’s when you met me.

“What… what happened?” You asked. “Where am I?”

“You died,” I said, matter-of-factly. Continue reading Lenten Reflection: The Egg →

I believe there are two kinds of Jesus in today’s world:

First, the one that is taught and creates a subculture that excludes people who are different.

Second, the one who walks in the red zone of a city, who visits a bar with their friends, who sits among gay and lesbians listening to their stories, who works with the undocumented immigrant for minimum wages, suffering deplorable conditions and the constant rejection and racial comments of the local community. Continue reading Lenten reflection by Miguel Carpizo: my kind of Jesus →

Dear Beloveds,

Will you submit a Lenten Reflection?

We send out a daily writing by our Beloveds during Lent, and they are as varied as are our Beloveds. There are no rules or boundaries on the kind of thing you can write – just something that you’ve been pondering, wondering about, something that inspires you, gives you hope or keeps you going. It doesn’t need to be all Lent-like, just whatever comes naturally from you.
Continue reading Beloved Lenten Reflections →