Bread & Circuses
I’m told this is our “Hong Kong moment.” Marches, letters, petitions, and sham trials aren’t getting it done. It’s time to flood the streets and stay until the revolution is over.
Love in Vegas
Our twin granddaughters live in Albuquerque. They’re 11 years old, just this side of puberty and corruptibility.
Over Christmas break we took them to Las Vegas to see “Love” at the Mirage…
Hope for Our Country
Today is the fourth Sunday of Advent. The fourth candle stands for IMPEACHMENT. Well, maybe not on every Advent wreath...
Joy in Mudville
Advent is a Christian tradition steeped in Judaism. And Judaism is steeped in sorrow. By the rivers of Babylon, we...
Imagine No Religion
This is the Second Sunday of Advent. The first candle stands for hope. The second for faith. It may be...
Deep Darkness
Nightmares begone! Today is the First Sunday of Advent. There’s a light up ahead. No more darkness. No more...
Found Dead
I read the news this Tuesday past. A young man was found dead in the trunk of his car—shot by...
Dog Vomit
Last Wednesday I watched the impeachment hearing wall to wall. I didn’t mean to, but I did. I meant to...
Yoga Saves
I go to yoga the way a lot of people go to church. Which is to say, occasionally. And that...
A New Day at SPC
My former church found itself a new pastor. Last Sunday was her First. There will never be another First Sunday....
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MUSIC AT A FUNERAL
Remember the 1983 movie The Big Chill?
THE DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS
I saw Charles III crowned in Westminster Abbey. I expected Monty Python to save the day. No such luck.
(AND A) TIME TO BE SILENT
I looked in and around my world for something to occupy my mind, something remarkable. I found nothing, except this.
SCARIER THAN THE GRIM REAPER
The Grim Reaper was not by my bedside. Something scarier was.