Sarah Laughed
Listening at the tent flap While her husband talked to God She overheard the good news, that at last (At ninety-whatever) She would have a child! And she laughed.…
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Going for the Gold
In the men’s medley relay at the Olympics in Rio, each man swam his leg with purpose and determination. It was clear that they were swimming as they had been…
Camus or Redemption?
After the attack on Dallas police officers in which five died, Mayor Mike Rawlings visited Police Headquarters in that city and said to the gathered reporters: “We’re all human here,…
In the Eye of the Storm
In nature, the sun remains fixed while the planets orbit around it. The nucleus of the atom remains fixed while electrons whiz around it. And the eye of the storm remains fixed,…
Love Stories
And now it’s Istanbul; Dhaka, Bangladesh; Bagdad; Medina; Dallas and more. In our most recent conversation, we talked about the unspeakable acts that keep happening, the many innocent people killed…
Legion
The weight of it is crushing, suffocating. 50 dead. 53 injured. Another city in mourning. Heartbreak throughout the world. In his gospel, Luke tells us the story about the man possessed by demons.…
