Merry Christmas to everyone. It’s been hard times around here. I haven’t written much because I have not had time to write. In the past month, we’ve buried two members of my family, and my brother diagnosed with an as yet undetermined blood cancer. That’s two of us now. In addition to all the many…
“How are you doing?” I was recently asked by an acquaintance. It is the functional equivalent of saying, “Good morning,” as no one really expects or wants the answer to the question if it’s other than an automatic, “Just fine.” Then, there is the list. My brother is a wonderful man. I treasure our relationship…
The Book of Job is worthy of a lifetime of study, yet it is mysterious and unsearchable. For as surely as Job labored to understand the workings of the Divine, he failed. In his desire to comprehend, and declaring his own understanding, he only received unanswerable questions from God designed to illustrate for his benefit…
Writers use words to construct images the reader can visualize. Sometimes the crafty writer, or maybe it’s just the lucky writer, can craft images that are far more vivid than an actual image, and far more personal, since the visualized image comes from the mind of the reader. This is a very subjective process. It…
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