What is it about autumn that calls all gnats into my kitchen like the plagues of Egypt? And woe to the one who leaves out the banana peelings. Jesus’ message in Matthew, chapter 23, seem meant for me in my gnat infested world. “Blind guides,” Jesus rebuked in a litany of strikes against the Pharisees, […]
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It’s been a long yawn to full Autumn in Virginia. Trees have hesitated to blush but few have succumbed to their eventual fiery reds and yellows. This season seems hesitant to drop its leaves, although that will come by the bushelfuls, but for now October holds on, unwilling to reveal its wintery stark brown nakedness […]
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My dad, talented in all things musical, had a sharp ear and perfect pitch. “Should have been a B-flat not a B-natural.” He could be working the back forty, but when I struck a wrong note on the piano, he surfaced. Huffing and puffing in his dirt smeared Oshkosh B’Gosh overalls Dad appeared next to […]
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My friend looked in his rearview mirror and saw the sign to a church, which propelled him to whip his car into an unplanned detour. His life’s trajectory changed that Sunday by his decision. Each time I hear the story, I have a picture in my mind of that mirrored reflection, its sliver view, and […]
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