A Cat and the Act of Forgiveness
“Everybody loves it when people forget their birthdays!” So proclaimed retired Episcopal Bishop FitzSimons Allison many years ago. Such an oversight gives us a chance to form a grudge, hold…
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The Call of the Turtledove
The other morning, a turtledove called through the winter air. Surprising, at this time of year, with her gentle “hoo hoo.” And insistent — she didn’t call just once or…
The God of the Second Chance
“Absalom Greer, the eighty something country evangelist had never pulled punches with the town priest. They had been two respectful equals serving from the common ground of one-God-made-known-through-Jesus-Christ, and having…
Silent Night
Bombs flashed in the dark of the night. Gunshots pierced the air. It was Christmas time, 1914, on the western front in World War I. In the extraordinary opera, “Silent…
Rocka My Soul
Rocka my soul in the bosom of Abraham; Rocka my soul in the bosom of Abraham; Rocka my soul in the bosom of Abraham; Oh, rocka my soul. Dipping and…
On the Wings of the Dove
Birds! Captain Chesley Sullenberger saw the birds before US Airways flight 1549 hit them in the air on January 15, 2009, blowing out both engines of his aircraft. Clint Eastwood’s…