In Praise of a Naked Christ
In a recent online exchange, I posted a photo of an icon that showed the Virgin Mary with a breast partially uncovered. While some of the discussion centered around the ever-weary topic of modesty, another …
In a recent online exchange, I posted a photo of an icon that showed the Virgin Mary with a breast partially uncovered. While some of the discussion centered around the ever-weary topic of modesty, another …
On the Louisiana College campus, thereโs a carillon at the top of the central historic building that plays awful bell arrangements of traditional evangelical hymns at certain times during the day. When I was a …
The fat water snake didnโt know what to make of us. It had slithered down toward the river, probably seeking the same swimming hole where we were spending the afternoon. Maybe it wanted to catch …
โIf you look at his friend Jake, you would think that Jake is weird because of how he dresses, but Vershal โ even though he looks normal โ heโs the one who is really weird.โ …
Even though I live in town, thereโs a non-park wooded area within a short distance of my house that I sometimes like to go for a walk through. As woods go, theyโre not as enchanted …
-For S. They had promised us a meteor shower, but all we saw were lightning bugs. Down the street, you could hear the lowing and occasional roars of livestock, the bulls and broncos that had …
โHe paid the debt he did not own, I own the debt I could not pay/ I needed someone to wash my sins away.โ -Alton Howard Singers Student loan debt has become a perennial topic …
I recently attended a church convention that included a question-and-answer session with a new bishop, and during the session, an attendee stood up and asked a question about who would be welcome in the pews …
I write obituaries for a living. Well, only technically. Itโs more honest to say that I edit obituaries as one of my job duties. In the free newspaper obituary business, thereโs very little writing; itโs …
Somehow, the causes of the Civil War are back in the political discourse. Presidential candidate and former governor Nikki Haley, who at one time made news for taking down the Confederate flag in her state, …