I am surprised my daughter didn’t think about what I assumed was obvious. She lifts a clean plate from the dishwasher, places it on top of the stack on the kitchen counter; among cans of pumpkin and a warm crock pot simmering with pulled pork for dinner. Holding a...
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kingdom comes
It was a day not unlike any other. Dirt clung to the heels of the people who passed in the street and in the public places. Flies gathered around dogs' ears and water splashed as it poured from the well into jars. There were silent, knowing glances exchanged between...
just beyond the bridge
Photo by Kelli Campbell I live in a landscape made for ghost stories. The weeping willow tree has turned the color of a copper penny. When fog curls around the trunk, I half believe the headless horseman will pass by. Perhaps the bright sunshine of summer washes out...
untidy conclusions and the messy middle place
The first morning of the Great Darkness, I slid out the back door into deafening silence. The door shuddered down the track and then glided closed again with a groan. I reached up, up - stretching my leg muscles with tip-toed feet in worn sneakers - then down past my...
God’s Word…
One Friday night when I was 18, a friend and I left to do one of those college...
vagrant spirituality
"So easily 'spirituality' becomes a cafeteria through which we walk making...
i have written no essay today
And I am sorry. I wanted to give you metaphors that sing, but I have only this...
when hope comes with an ultimatum
I remember 1987 as the year of desperation. It was also the year I graduated...
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