The mail arrives and on the outside of two envelopes is the word URGENT in red. It grabs your attention so you involuntarily look closer. It quickly becomes obvious that the communication is from a company that knows only your name and address. URGENT is a device to get your
Continue readingThe following excerpt is from a book by Wendell Berry called ” Imagination in Place”. These particular phrases come from the essay, ” American Imagination and the Civil War”. “If imagination is to have a real worth to us, it needs to have a practical, an economic, effect. It needs
Continue readingShe called to me from the sidewalk. “Your garden is perfect.” I looked up and because I hadn’t quite heard her said, “Oh, hello. What was that?” “Your garden is perfect. Every time I walk by I just love looking at your garden. It’s perfect.” She must have told me
Continue readingFor 7 days I was up no later than 6:30 am and back to my hotel room by 11:00 pm, sometimes later. Always, there was another hour or so of work to do before I could lay down my head. One of the reasons I almost said “no” to the
Continue readingIt’s about time. There are already some who are shaking their heads and clucking their tongues that it’s the beginning of the end of “real” Christianity. But I say, it’s about time. The Claremont School of Theology (my alma mater – to note by bias), has made public its plan
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