His lips quivered as tears moistened his eyes. But maybe that was just my imagination. No, I could have sworn I saw his lower lip quivering. And no mistaking, I heard his voice cracking just a bit. It was all there—the suppression of grief, the futile effort to hold the emotions in check, the chin …
I could feel the veins in my face grow suddenly warm as I imagined my cheeks glowing bright red, signaling to all that I was blushing. It happened in the post office. Clinking shut the little door to my mail box, I whirled around to see the usual long line waiting at the counter. And …
Although the Republicans have been going at it for several months, we are not yet into the heat of the presidential race, and already some Christians are praying for the early demise of President Obama. When I say, “demise,” I mean death. At least that’s the implication of the recent email sent by Mike O’Neal, …
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Why don’t you go with me?” I had asked my daughter to accompany me to the Abby of Gethsemani. She was home with us for a few days during the Christmas holidays, visiting from New York City. Mary had been to Gethsemani with me before. “Sure, I’d love to,” was her ready response. It had …
“Why can’t you do something like that?” My friend jokingly posed that question to me while we were waiting for a church deacons meeting to begin. Several of us had been talking about Denver Broncos QB Tim Tebow throwing for exactly 316 yards in the Broncos’ overtime playoff win over the Pittsburg Steelers. Not only …