the names of things
There’s both a thin line and a world of difference between living an experience and talking about that experience — even talking in our own heads about it, what we […]
There’s both a thin line and a world of difference between living an experience and talking about that experience — even talking in our own heads about it, what we […]
The number 28 is celebrated in the Jones family because of the famous-only-to-Joneses phrase “28 crazy.” My father’s brother Jack created this designation in a moment of tormenting his brother
A couple weeks ago I was in St. Louis for the American Association of Pastoral Counselors national conference. There were many people there I love, the speakers were good, it
It snowed again last night, and this morning the wind is ripping down Swan Mountain in violent bursts. Trees are swaying, the wind chimes are ecstatic, and the forsythia are
Last week I read, and loved, Tommy Hays’ latest novel, What I Came to Tell You. This is a book about living in the presence of death. A brother and
My dad was a high school principal and my mom a high school teacher. They did a lot of good for a lot of years, and when they retired they
I just finished reading The Good Lord Bird, James McBride’s fantastic novel that won the 2013 National Book Award. The novel tells the story of John Brown’s 1859 rebellion at
I’m looking through the window at the woods below our house. The earth is resting on one of the last mornings of winter. Poplar, hickory, cherry, and oak trees bare