From My Hour of Reading…

As Danny watched, the light reddened and warmed in the sky. The last of the stars disappeared. Above him, on both sides of the hollow, the wet leaves of the treetops began to shine among the fading strands and shelves of mist. Eastward, the mist took a strain of pink from the rising sun and [...]

Destination: Cambridge

As I was scurrying around this morning trying to catch the fleeing multitude of details that have escaped me, I realized that I had never announced the great news about my summer. So here it is: I am going to Cambridge. As an intern. For two months. For those of you who know me well, [...]

Continuity

The scene is simple; she is old but still very lovely as she stands on the wooden steps of her home with her sun-whitened hair pulled back from the gentle lines of her face. She clasps a small box, holding it out to the young man standing on the step just beneath her. She is [...]

For Sunday

I bind unto myself today
The power of God to hold and lead,
His eye to watch, His might to stay,
His ear to hearken to my need.
The wisdom of my God to teach,
His hand to guide, His shield to ward;
The word of God to give me speech,
His heavenly host to be my guard.

April Showers Bring May…Snow?

Well look what I woke up to on this bright May morning. To say that Colorado weather is unpredictable is a gross understatement. At least the sky is back to blue.

And here is the storm as it rolled into the dawn two days ago:

Oh the drama.

Apples & Evangelism

Two roads diverged in, if not a yellow wood, at least my tentative brain as I faced down a way-leads-on-to-way sort of decision. My choice would irrevocably alter a good chunk of my intellectual life, change my mode of writing and form of interaction with the world. I writhed, I wavered, I waffled. But the [...]

Springtime Craziness

I forayed out into the spring world in the blue hours of this morning. I’ve been up with the birds of late and have made it a habit to greet the dawnlight with an hour of walking. It is good, unspeakably good for my soul and body to stride out into the freshness of the [...]

Exhilaration

The act of defending any of the cardinal virtues has today all the exhilaration of a vice. G.K. Chesterton
Well. I’m always up for some exhilaration. Idealists usually are. But what a concept that the defense of an absolute truth should be so exotically rare as to bear the flavor of a forbidden vice. And [...]

Christ Plays

As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies dráw fláme;
As tumbled over rim in roundy wells
Stones ring; like each tucked string tells, each hung bell’s
Bow swung finds tongue to fling out broad its name;
Each mortal thing does one thing and the same:
Deals out that being indoors each one dwells;
Selves – goes itself; myself it speak and spells,
Crying Whát [...]

Where The Trees Stand Still

I always liked that Bebo Norman song (see title) and it fits my present set of mind. I’m home! And staring quite contentedly out my window at a decidedly unmoving forest of wet pines. The act of travel is a strange dance that can leave the mind dizzy and I am heartily glad to be [...]