Now for something completely different… I’m sharing a very, very short story written for a writer’s group that I joined last year. Each month, we’re given a prompt upon which to write. The given prompt for this particular story was “obsolescence.” What follows is based on a true story. What Lasts Forever Edouard sat bolt […]
Did I forget to mention? In last week’s reflection, I neglected to tell you, dear reader, that I will be posting every other week in order to find time to write my conversion story. So expect reflections on the first and third Thursday of every month, with an update on my “memoir” in March when […]
Happy New Year! Another new year. I am grateful that they keep coming, but also aware that there is a limited supply. For me, perhaps a more limited supply than for others. That may not be the cheeriest thought for a New Year’s post, but there really is nothing happier and more uplifting than the […]
I thought it might be fun to ring in this new year with a poem that I wrote on the eve of the new millennium. No partying like it was 1999 for me that night, just recording the momentous event with a bit of off-the-cuff poetry. (Can’t think of a better way to celebrate, actually.) […]
What is one human being? A baby is born into the world in the dead of night. The stabled animals nearby barely notice, and the travelers sleeping overhead have absolutely no knowledge of his existence. Yet here he is. His mother wipes her blood from his face and wraps him snugly in a cloth, holding […]
Bible Bursts 