Day: January 16, 2005

Grandpa’s Prisons

My father called me the other day, with all the excitement of a boy who had bagged his first rabbit. He informed me that he

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Officemates

I’ve put in my time at music camp. Nine summers out of eleven, I packed my bags, stocked up on new strings, and braced myself

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Ethical Improv

In his new book, Improvisation: The Drama of Christian Ethics (Brazos Press, 2004), Samuel Wells argues that the practice of dramatic improvisation offers insight into

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A New Year’s Poem

Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light; The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells,

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Psalm 113–The Movie

A short film that aired on TV when I was a child lingers at the fringes of my memory. It began, if I remember aright,

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