The season of Lent is barely a week old. However, one of my Lenten disciplines, journaling, is paying some dividends already. In the process of self-examination, I discovered that I am consumed by anger, chiefly about the gun issue. The depth and persistence of this anger makes it seem almost like a mental illness. This ...
Before I get back to crusading on income inequality, I wanted to take a brief foray into a couple of personal topics that happen to be on my mind. To those readers who are of a more serious nature and wish that I would stick to the subject of income inequality until I have finished ...
When I was starting this blog a few months ago, I chose to name it the Quixotic Deacon. I explained that decision in my first post. I said that I chose it because “Tilting At Windmills” was already taken. In choosing to name my blog after Cervantes’ famous mad idealist, I signaled to you, dear ...
Personal note: I wrote this piece the first week of Lent right after Ash Wednesday. Lots has happened since then, but I don’t think anything that has transpired would change my thoughts on this subject. Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs of ...
There are four answers to that question and I think I need to present them to you, dear reader, at the outset of my blogging journey. And since I am a linear thinker (some would say simple-minded), I will create a list. I prefer bullet points to numbering. Deacons are required by their ordination “to ...
