Eric's Books
Reflections
Lent Propels Us to Easter
Easter is still a few weeks away. We find ourselves muddling through the doldrums of Lent. But I want to make a bold claim: Now is the time to...
Reflections
At the Edge of the Desert
The high point of our tour through Morocco was always meant to be the camel ride in the desert.
The trip was designed that way; it was a big, country-wide...
Jesuit Saints
A Jesuit Saint for the New Year: Joseph Pignatelli, SJ
The start of a new year is inevitably a moment of transition.
And transitions can be challenging. Excitement for the new collides with nostalgia for what’s already gone. Possibility and...
Reflections
Collecting Past and Present
There’s a tiny games and hobbies shop off the highway near my house. I have to make at least one U-turn to find it. Even then, the only way...
Reflections
Lessons in Jedi Training and Ignatian Spirituality
A painting by a Baltimore-based artist hangs in our bedroom, a gift from my eldest daughter. The painting depicts a young girl—blond hair down to her shoulders, wearing white...
Discernment
The Mandolin Dilemma
For a brief period of time, I took mandolin lessons under a tree.
I was living in Bolivia and had acquired a new mandolin and an interest in learning how...