It’s been a wee while since I posted. Apologies. The first quarter of full-time teaching coincided with Maggie’s launch to college and JoJo starting high school. Ahem. I have been…

For days, the unknown fate of five wealthy adventurers who chose to go deep sea diving in a miniature submersible ironically named “Titan” dominated headlines worldwide.  Evidence eventually pointed to…

I write on June 19th, or “Juneteenth”, the newest federal holiday.  Juneteenth commemorates the day – June 19, 1865 – when news of Union victory and universal emancipation finally reached…

The efficiency with which our culture translates any holiday into a marketing tool amazes me.  Sometimes the translation comes easy – Mother’s Day and flowers, Valentine’s Day and greeting cards,…

Three nine-year-olds shot at point blank range in the lobby of their small Christian school, murdered by a person whose personal lostness vented itself in demonic destruction...  That fact from…

Summer is finally giving up the ghost here in North Texas. Like most years, she is letting go in fits and starts – a cool morning here, a brief shower…

And for choosing God Driving to work this week, a hot air balloon drifting across the sky startled me.  Sunrise had streaked everything pink and gold; the dappled texture of…

A series of seemingly unrelated events: Prep and surgery for breast cancerSalmon Rushdie attacked onstageThe movie “Vengeance” (in theaters or on Amazon Prime)Reading “The Death of Ivan Ilyich” by Tolstoy…

Those of you who have been reading this blog for a year or more will find some of what follows a bit familiar... I have to re-learn things (many things!)…