They were arguing about money. The guy decided he needed to get away from his fiancé for a bit to settle down, and he called a car service to get… Read More »Star Light, Star Bright
“Fantastic.” “Bravo, bravissimo, spectacular.” “My goosebumps have goosebumps and it goes until infinity … .” “I’m just a simple man but the words here push me up into another place.… Read More »Nessun Dorma
They called him “Bucky” when he was a child. Freddie Mercury, legendary lead singer of the iconic rock and roll band Queen, was born with four extra teeth at the… Read More »Bohemian Rhapsody
Blindness, deafness. Cancer. A toxic relationship. Bankruptcy. A soul-numbing job. Situations we face that seem intractable, beyond even God’s power to heal. And not just in our own lives but… Read More »The Quivering Heart
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… Read More »Power and Servant-Leadership
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… Read More »The Briny Deep
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… Read More »A Holy Place
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… Read More »Circles of Time
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… Read More »Active Voice
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. … Read More »Beyond the Emoji
