
Mary Oliver was simply showing us what she saw, rarely venturing beyond her own backyard.


Beginning with the earliest recorded film, I’m going to watch one film from every year up to the present.


The language restrictions imposed on CDC research and reporting take the question of language censorship to a new level as well.


Consider the power of a word. Let there be. A word speaks the world into being, igniting evolution and the churning of the existence of everything. A word punctures the universe with stars and planets, sending galaxies spinning light and life into the blackness of space.

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Behold!
Mary Oliver was simply showing us what she saw, rarely venturing beyond her own backyard.


Watching Old Movies
Beginning with the earliest recorded film, I’m going to watch one film from every year up to the present.


Legislating Language
The language restrictions imposed on CDC research and reporting take the question of language censorship to a new level as well.


Let There Be
Consider the power of a word. Let there be. A word speaks the world into being, igniting evolution and the churning of the existence of


Pious Petunia Proffers a Pertinent Parable and Prudent Proposals
Come to think of it, Miss P proposes instead that Canada take over the US. All the US states could become nice Canadian provinces, and


Haunted
The decision has been made to stop the work of USAID for 90 days. That’s what’s haunting me, keeping sleep from my eyes.


Letters from Stanley
Picture this scene. It’s the late 1980s. My wife and I are co-pastoring a small church in a rural hamlet in upstate New York. We


Aftermath: In the days following January 20
I imagined that mom and dad gathering their children in their camp in Pakistan. “It is time. We are going to Iowa.”


The Preacher and the President
You cannot understand properly the final challenging things Bishop Budde said directly to the President without hearing the whole sermon.


Breath
Who am I when I cannot manage the small details of life? Where are my car keys? The grocery list?


Divine Dust
There is divine mystery woven into the fabric of human existence:


Religious Landscapes, Religious Stories
Does the religious landscape point to secularization or to the growing influence of religion or something in between?