A Reading Life (pt 8): Crisis of Faith and the Dark Night of the Soul

By Joe LaGuardia Have you ever read a book because everyone else is reading it?  Harry Potter.  Twilight.  Tuesdays with Morrie.  The Purpose Driven Life. Fifty Shades of Grey.  Well, maybe not that one…  I have never been one to read what everyone else is reading, except this one time when I went through ExperiencingContinue reading “A Reading Life (pt 8): Crisis of Faith and the Dark Night of the Soul”

The Mystics and the “Middles” of Life

By Joe LaGuardia I attend a Baptist pastor’s meeting every so often in which we have a time of prayer, as well as listen to a one-hour presentation from a guest speaker. There is always a speaker, and although it is meaningful, we are never left to talk among ourselves—to share, to compare notes, toContinue reading “The Mystics and the “Middles” of Life”