[+]Aaroneous Monk[+]

*** If we only knew the gravity of grace that sustains all that is and all that could be working in and through us one word would rep...

"How are you feeling today?" is the door through which the doctor steps. Some answer, some don't, some can't, and...

Uncle Bob and the Baltimore Ravens , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. Grabbed my Baltimore Ravens cap as I headed out the door t...

*** There are two of them, a boy and a girl, six years apart. There is no comparing, it's apples and oranges (I like it that way)....

I'd love to learn to write better, but my inclination is to take a picture instead. , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. 10/30...

The Protector of Children , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. ***** "I watch for cars when the kids are going over to Sund...

Kevin Remembered , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. Tonight I was washing dishes and listening to James Taylor while the kids sh...

A Visit with St. John of San Francisco , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. The melodic drone of chant fills the immense church a...

I yelled at a kid today and I'm not proud of it. Sure, he's bigger than my son but how much bigger than him am I? He's a...

*************** The mirror sits as it always does, cold, flat, indifferent, impossibly shiny. He looks intently at the reflection th...

1976 , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. I remember the laundromat that my mother used to take me to when I was a child. It sa...

Muir Woods , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. The slightly-edited story below is one I wrote when I was a college student in the e...

It has been quite some time since my son last updated his blog, Kramer's Kronicles , a blog we created to post his stories. We starte...

I have a dream that one day my children may be free from the sins of their father, sins passed down from generation to generation, dy...

She sat across from us during the Divine Liturgy, on a bench typically reserved for the Bishop, when he visits. It accommodates three s...

The Gazebo , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. A book and a beer accompany me to the back deck, sitting comfortably in an adirond...

We know texting and driving is bad but what about texting and walking? Head down mind far away led astray by electronic chatter a...

Everywhere Present and Filling all Things , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. ***** Do not fear annihilation. You cannot disap...

The Bridegroom , a photo by []Aaroneous Monk[] on Flickr. This is important. Are you hurting deep inside but afraid to show it? Seek o...

I couldn't remember his name. Twenty years later and it wasn't coming to me. It bugged me all day at work and on the drive home it...