Have you ever seen a giant, or perhaps you’ve heard it noised about the camp that “there be giants in the land”? Let me tell you, it is all too true. There are giants out there, and they will get you if you don’t watch out.
I rather think that the giants I see might not [...]
Today I got up early, and sat before my open bedroom window and watched the sun rise up above the hills and trees. Its light was softly glowing, long before it actually could be seen, and then suddenly, it burst forth upon the mountain tops, down into the valleys and into my window to shine [...]
All people suffer loss. Being alive means suffering loss. Sometimes the loss is natural, predictable, and even reversible. It occurs at regular intervals, like the seasons. We experience the loss, but after days or months of discomfort we recover and resume life as usual, the life that we wanted and expected…But there is another kind [...]
Three weeks ago today I was on a ladder in the backyard doing yet another of those absolutely imperative tasks that must be completed before vacation: spraying the peach trees. I had already had that conversation with myself about how stupid it was to get up on a rickety ladder with a heavy, awkward sprayer [...]
Standing alone. Two words, easy to spell, but very hard to actually do. Not only do we have to stand, but we have to do it alone.
I have sat in the House of Representatives and watched, when a bill came up for vote, as legislators walked off the floor rather than vote yes [...]
