Living in the Meanwhile consists of thirty-four meditations on Scripture texts from the Revised Common Lectionary Year C. These meditations are about life, real life. Thus the title, Living in the Meanwhile. The whole collection is about that-living in the meanwhile, the right-now of life, which probably isn't perfect and maybe far from it. But it is where we find ourselves. So these meditations are about learning how to live in the present moment as we wait for and maybe work toward something better. The meditations follow the Revised Common Lectionary for Year C. The lectionary texts are...

Seven Words to Live By consists of meditations on Jesus' seven last words from the cross. These seven sayings Jesus spoke from the cross are eternal. At the same time, they penetrate to the heart of our human concerns. A factor that makes these words extraordinary is that they are the last words from a dying man. People have long been fascinated by such last words. Sometimes these last words have provided touching memories and revealed wonderful truths. That is infinitely and definitely the case with Jesus' words from the cross. These words certainly do provide touching memories and...