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Monthly Archives: November 2008
I Love to Look at Trees
I came across this stand of trees driving near Ann Arbor last week. It made me feel alive and awed to stand among them, although I don’t know exactly why. I love to look at trees.
Dancing Without Shoes
On Dancing With the Stars last night, Lance and Lacey performed a Rumba barefoot. Lacey, the professional, thought this would help them feel the ‘earthiness’ of the Rumba. The hardwood floor must have felt cold on the soles of their … Continue reading
Turn the Crank
O Lord, you are near to those who call upon you, to all who call upon you faithfully. (Ps 145.18 BCW) How is the divine nearness — or one’s sense of that nearness — related to the act of calling? … Continue reading
Toilets and Liturgy
A downtown church lost its pastor in January when he moved to a new congregation in Kentucky. Their first interim pastor has left for health reasons, and a second is coming. Their pulpit today was vacant, and the worship chair … Continue reading
Stone and Strange Letters
On the TV crime drama Numb3rs, FBI agent Don Epps loses one of his fellow agents in an attempt to stop a robbery. The man dies crawling on the ground toward his helmet, reaching for a picture in it of … Continue reading
Acreages of Time
Kelvin Wright has been living with cancer, struggling with the implications of knowing he has only a finite amount of time to live. That describes everyone, of course, but a specific diagnosis must magnify things. His new situation informs his … Continue reading →