Ode to Benita
This Thanksgiving I will thank my lucky stars for the chance to know Benita Keller, to witness her bodacious life and beautiful work.
VALENTINE’S DAY (Ugh!)
Today is Valentine’s Day. I’m not a big fan.
NIGHT
Today is the third Sunday of Advent. The third candle stands for joy. Tonight I will light that candle with a trembling hand and a broken heart.
Found Dead
I read the news this Tuesday past. A young man was found dead in the trunk of his car—shot by...
This Little Light of Mine
June 2019 (2 years after retirement) Lately, I’ve been thinking about writing. About missing it, actually. For 40 years before...
Reefer Madness
The three most popular nonprescription drugs are alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana. Each is harmful to the body and each creates social problems. Of the three, alcohol and tobacco are proven killers. Of those two, tobacco kills only its user (although secondhand smoke is no minor health hazard to others).
Tobacco does not fuel violence toward others.
Nor does pot.
Only alcohol does.
Jesus Bugs Me
Have you seen that bedraggled man outside of town with the sign: “HELP ME”? I don’t know about you, but that guy bugs me!
That guy bugs me, and Jesus bugs me, too. Jesus bugs me, this I know… (Could be a new song there!)
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HOPEFUL PESSIMIST
When it comes to peace, I’m a hopeful pessimist. I don’t expect the advent of peace anytime soon.
SIGNS OF HOPE
Doom and gloom fills the news these days. So it’s a good time to light the Advent candle of hope and call to mind signs of hope.
Ode to Benita
This Thanksgiving I will thank my lucky stars for the chance to know Benita Keller, to witness her bodacious life and beautiful work.
ODE TO COALMINERS
Last Saturday I saw my grandfather’s tombstone for the first time. Jacob Tremba died in 1922 at the age of 53, leaving a wife and 10 children behind.