“The baby is dead.” “No it’s not.” “Yes it is. Just hold it close to your body. Keep it warm.
Book Burning
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade patterned its book burning scene after Joseph Goebbel’s encouragement of Germans to incinerate volumes
Ice-Ax to the Frozen Sea
A former student, now a PhD scholar in his 30’s, asked me to send him ideas for biographies to read.
Hammering at the Door
When I am dead, those who open my books will find other books inside. It is there I rejoice, exclaim,
Corrupt Cop Movies
Growing up, I was taught to wave to farmers because they fed us and policemen because they protected us. If
An American Carol
Political conservatives unite! In a not-so-subtle attempt to pillory Michael Moore, David Zucker (Airplane, Naked Gun) throws red meat to
Out of Your Horn
Eric Clapton’s From the Cradle blues album reverberated around the pool table as my son Tyler and I played one
Ordinary Order
Musing: this word well summarizes the meandering drift of my Christian thoughts. “May my meditation be pleasing to him, for
Sometimes, I Just Sits
“Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits.” My sister Jan still reminds me of the phrase’s importance.
Bella
Past pain etches itself on the facial canvas where life has met death. No words can prepare one in advance