SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
IN DEFENSE OF REMEMBERED SIN
She was as colorful a person as you would like to meet; my first piano teacher, Mrs. Beardsley. With a smoker’s cough, low voice, and a pink living room (I...
ENCOURAGEMENT
FROSTY PUMPKINS
It’s that time of year again, when I think about this poem: WHEN the frost is on the punkin and the fodder’s in the shock, And you hear the kyouck...
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
TRUE COLORS
Ah, Autumn in Indiana – the crisp 94-degree air – the bugs which, because of the lack of cold, have grown to the size of German Shepherds. I keep saying...
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
WORSHIP & FAITH
“I don’t believe in God anymore,” I overheard her say to a friend on the phone, while we were both in line at PAY LESS, “I just know too many...
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
INTERRUPTIONS
“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” JOHN LENNON I’m a TAURUS (Birthday in May, by the way – I like bacon-themed gifts) and I’ve...
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PARADIGM
It doesn’t matter how many years go by, September 11th or 9/11 will always bring one memory to my mind before all others. It is like a door I have...
ENCOURAGEMENT
24601
24601: That is the number the prison gives to identify the man known as Jean Valjean, the protagonist in the book and musical, LES MISERABLES. 24601. The number is not...
THE CHURCH
CHOIR
Time moves on, and CHANCEL CHOIR rehearsals begin once again – tonight. I have been singing in a church choir, or playing the piano, or doing plays in church, for...
ENCOURAGEMENT
TROUBLE IN PARADISE
Before the jet even landed, a rich green and blue light came to my eyes and into the deep part of me. We were flying over each of the islands...