Nov 20, 2025 | Reflections
GRACE I sometimes joke that if I ever win Megabucks I am going to start a foundation called “The Undeserved Grace Foundation.” This always leads my sister Laura to remind me that Grace, the love of God, freely given to his children is always undeserved. We grew up in...
Oct 29, 2025 | Reflections
Random Acts of Kinship The phrase jumped off the page of the book at me. “Random acts of kinship.” “Yes,” I thought, “of course!” What we need now more than ever are random acts of kinship, the acknowledgement that we are in fact related and we belong...
Oct 23, 2025 | Reflections
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Oct 15, 2025 | Reflections
CLIQUE Sound bites Snap shots Snapchat We summarize one another Instantly With laser precision So graphic To pin one another On X Life in caricature Neighbors by category Left Right White (Is she my neighbor After that visa oversight?) “Who...
Oct 9, 2025 | Reflections
Image: Melanie Kyer “Behold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto the measure...
Sep 17, 2025 | Reflections
Wings No one tells you When you move your child to college About the next day When the house is quiet And her room lies empty But the door is closed So you pretend For a moment She is still there Laughing Talking on the phone Leaving crumbs How will they see her?...