lunch and Christmas in May

A crowded restaurant, bustling with patrons and filled with the chatter of conversation and the clatter of silverware. Our table, scattered ...

as a Christian missionary

"For the first time in my life I know what I must do off in lonesome Lanao. I know why God left this aching void, for Himself to fill. ...

If only

"If only" is the hammer I smash my thumb with.

the thing I might want least right now

tips. that's what I don't want right now. I think that if I took all the tips that are foisted on me, I could easily spend 26 hours ...

except you ravish me

          "Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any one hear my voice, and open the door, I will come to her, and will dine with h...

It's all about me. It really, really is.

I know that sounds like a terrible thing to say. And it is. But if I don't ever say it aloud, it's always in my thoughts. Th...

your words shaping you

There is a weird psychological barrier that is crossed when you say something out loud. * When you're really ashamed of something, ...

Things I Like

The ampersand. (J ust look at those curves.) Flowers. (Piece by Denise Gruenstein ) Calvin & Hobbes.  Languages and letters. Baths. Mou...

Things I don't like

I don't like clutter. I don't like cigarettes or their smoke. I don't like suburbs or housing developments. Illustration by the ...

in a box with a small package of explosives

There was a while when I stopped saying a prayer before eating. I did this because it seemed lame. Rote. Meaningless. Why again am I stoppin...

yay and yahoo.

Since I am a small-time blogger and don't really let anyone know that I even do this, I somehow feel okay confessing over cyberspace tha...

as a child

As a child I searched for you. There was the soft prayer necklace of the Catholic boy from my day care -- it hung around my neck, it hung ag...
 

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