Category Archives: Geoff Wood Blog

Once there was nothing.  Now there is a world. And you don’t believe in miracles?             The University of San Francisco goes back to 1855 and so has been collecting books for a long, long time.  Among other treasures it … Continue reading →

It seems we stood and talked like this before . . .             One of my favorite Monty Python skits features Michael Palin as a TV host seated at a desk before a microphone and looking intently at his unseen … Continue reading →

“I give you the end of a golden string . . .”           I never knew that when we say “somebody doesn’t have a clue” it basically means “somebody doesn’t have a ball of thread”.  Look up clue (or clew) … Continue reading →

They left their nets and followed him          We link the birth of Christ with the winter solstice – when the sun begins to rise earlier each day, its light more enduring, its warmth (sooner or later!) guaranteed.           And … Continue reading →

Scripture offers you ways to redescribe your life.  Use it.             The Catholic poet Joyce Kilmer (age 31) arrived in France with the Fighting 69th Irish New York Regiment in November 1917 – one of the earliest American units to … Continue reading →

Do something             Richard Brugger, although he is the same age as I, was a student in Scripture classes I taught many years ago.  It’s just that, because I entered the seminary at age 15 and he well after he … Continue reading →

Advent – the dark time of the year             In a poem dedicated to his deceased Irish mother, Seamus Heaney remembers simple things about her: And don’t be dropping your crumbs.  Don’t tilt your chair. / Don’t reach.  Don’t point.  … Continue reading →

As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one of them will be thrown down.             My wife and I enjoy reruns of the Andy Griffith shows set … Continue reading →

Keep it Simple             The Pharisees whom we meet in the Gospels believed in an afterlife, immortality – beyond the grave.  The more conservative Sadducees, the priestly caste that ran the Temple in Jerusalem, did not.  This life was it!  … Continue reading →

Will not God then do justice to his chosen who call out to him . . .             A long time ago the Greek philosopher Plato began to influence European thought with his allegory of the Cave.  In it he … Continue reading →