The Cookies of Lady Jacoba
This past summer, as part of an NEH seminar on Dante. I visited the beautiful town of Assisi, home of St. Francis. While we were
This past summer, as part of an NEH seminar on Dante. I visited the beautiful town of Assisi, home of St. Francis. While we were
Ladies and Gentlemen: John the Baptizer is missing! JB: I am not missing. I am right here. I simply no longer wish to be associated
“A deliberate tension must be built into our practice of the Advent season. Christ has come, and yet not all things have reached completion. While
O Wisdom, you come forth from the mouth of the Most High. You create the universe and hold all things together with strength and

First Snow (upper case) is supposed to fall from heavenly clouds that spill feathers. It’s supposed to descend as if Mother Nature, somewhere up above,
This past Tuesday I dug up sweet potatoes from the garden box in churchyard. It was the last of the summer harvest that needed to

Last night I went to First Corinthian Baptist Church in Central Harlem for an interfaith prayer service that served as a call to remembrance of
“Hey, Obama quoted my report in his speech last night!” That was the little (almost tiny) joke I made to my wife in reference to
The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. Armistice. Marked as the official end of World War I. The origin of Veterans