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GOING HOME

​They filed in about as noisily as one would expect of a high school student body:  Friday morning, Homecoming weekend at my old high school alma mater.   As the gymnasium...

GOING HOME

​They filed in about as noisily as one would expect of a high school student body:  Friday morning, Homecoming weekend at my old high school alma mater.   As the gymnasium...

A SHAMELESS PLUG

Imagine...you find yourself in uncharted territory (much like the photograph below), with responsibility for several children.  Lost, injured, in sweltering heat...with no water, no compass, and a plummeting sun...where any...

A SHAMELESS PLUG

Imagine...you find yourself in uncharted territory (much like the photograph below), with responsibility for several children.  Lost, injured, in sweltering heat...with no water, no compass, and a plummeting sun...where any...

THE JOURNEY OF A STORY

​Once, when asked where he goes to write his stories, Ernest Hemingway famously quipped, “In my head.”  That casual dismissal belied a spirit of adventure and deep desire for tactile...

THE JOURNEY OF A STORY

​Once, when asked where he goes to write his stories, Ernest Hemingway famously quipped, “In my head.”  That casual dismissal belied a spirit of adventure and deep desire for tactile...

LEAP OF FAITH

​​In June, 2015, I took a leap of faith…loaded my car with three weeks’ provisions, kissed my wife good-bye, and began a road trip that would bring me back to...

LEAP OF FAITH

​​In June, 2015, I took a leap of faith…loaded my car with three weeks’ provisions, kissed my wife good-bye, and began a road trip that would bring me back to...

TRANSCENDENCE

TRANSCENDENCE

​Definition:  A state of being that has overcome the limitations of physical existence, becoming independent of it. So, there’s this date…with a dark angel.  Stealthily, it approaches…as the hours race by...

TRANSCENDENCE

​Definition:  A state of being that has overcome the limitations of physical existence, becoming independent of it. So, there’s this date…with a dark angel.  Stealthily, it approaches…as the hours race by...

MARY:  PORTRAIT OF FAITH

MARY: PORTRAIT OF FAITH

​No one enters parenthood prepared.  Two-thousand years ago, a young, unwed Hebrew girl in Judea faced nearly certain stoning because she found herself pregnant.  Alone, frightened beyond comprehension by Jewish customs...

MARY: PORTRAIT OF FAITH

​No one enters parenthood prepared.  Two-thousand years ago, a young, unwed Hebrew girl in Judea faced nearly certain stoning because she found herself pregnant.  Alone, frightened beyond comprehension by Jewish customs...