Power and Servant-Leadership
In answering the Pharisees’ test question as to whether it is lawful for a man to divorce his wife, Jesus cites the creation story to remind his audience — and…
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The Briny Deep
The deep, the drink, Davy Jones’ locker, the bounding main, the briny deep. All names for the oceans of the earth, encompassing their mighty features and mysteries: waves, legends of…
A Holy Place
September 11, 2018: Thousands of survivors, rescuers and relatives of the dead gathered at the national memorial in New York City to honor those who had died in the horrific…
Circles of Time
The air shimmered. A flash cut the sky, but no thunder. The ground quivered, then settled, as in an earthquake. Polly looked around. Trees grew thicker, taller. A lake filled…
Active Voice
Subjects and predicates, past tense and future tense, dangling participles, active and passive voice. Ah, the wondrous days of seventh grade English class. In active voice, of course, the subject…
Beyond the Emoji
It’s a great emoji: The little yellow face is tilted to the left, with a teeth-revealing grin and pink tongue sticking out at the corner of the mouth. Two eyes. …