the flood & why

I was thinking about the flood -- the whole-earth  mabbul  that swallowed the world with water and drowned almost every living thing. I ...

Never More Loved

I never feel more loved than when it is very late and I open the door and walk lightly over the floor and lift the cool, white blanket and p...

Ode to a Nightingale

Benedict Cumberbatch reads "Ode to a Nightingale" by John Keats. Read along here .  Plaintive, haunting. Hear the longing o...

cleaning

I had a deep conversation with my soul friend Jonathan today–one of those ones where necessary things are said and it hurts deep but it hurt...

the best marriage advice

The best marriage advice I ever got was long before I was ever married.  An elder from my church could see that I really, rea...

a modern terror of ancient suffering

>>  a poem by Ernesto Cardenal, an interpretation of the biblical Psalm 22, of David, from Cardenal's "Salmos de este mome...

Why I Don't Drink Alcohol

Sparkling apple juice for me, please!  In brief, here are 5 reasons why I'm a very happy teetotaler. 1. The taste. Ewww.   Peo...

I was made for this

Were some of us made for the desert and some for the trees? Some for the bluffs and some for the sea? Some for the warmth at the earth's...

We Need to Clasp A Hand That Is Warm

This warmed my heart so much.    I want these words to be my own.  Read this aloud to help you hear it. What am I to think when ...

You're Embarrassing Me

Conversations like this rarely happen in homes of fathers and daughters, but it happened frequently in mine during my teenage years.   ...

Make No Image

I've been concerned about the "masculinity" of God. Why does God call "Himself" a "He"? Doesn't it ...

God Eats Mashed Potatoes With a Fork

God is an old white man in the sky >>  I'm sure you'd disagree. And so would I. And so would everyone ( including G...

The Hugs Really Are Free

robertphotographics.com Today we went out onto the streets of Chicago to give free hugs to strangers. We were stationed next to a train...

Drunk & Reassured

Busyness is the most prevalent drunkenness of the modern age. "Busyness serves as a kind of existential reassurance, a hedge against ...
 

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