Easter & The Big Bad Virus
How am I to reconcile the beautiful promise of Easter with the ugly reality of COVID-19?
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April 10, 2020
Faith, Hope, and a Stiff Upper Lip
It’s not exaggerating much to say that we’re in the middle of a World War. The old-timers among us will recognize the blanket of fear and depression that has settled over us, much like it felt in 1940. Obviously, this current war is of…
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March 20, 2020
Beauty & the Beast
The fairy lilies are blooming in South Carolina. They do this on their own, with no humans tending, attending, or superintending. Graceful and white they flower, out in the wild, wild woods. In different parts of the South this delicate beauty goes by other…
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March 13, 2020
Celebrating the Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. (Part 2)
Here, as a follow-up to my Friday post, is a second excerpt from Dr. King's now-famous letter, written from the Birmingham jail in March, 1963: "Though I was initially disappointed at being categorized as an extremist, as I continued to think about the matter…
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January 19, 2020