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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...

ANGELS AMONG US

ANGELS AMONG US

“Gettin’ old sucks!”​ Dear Uncle Gene, the most storied and audacious of my wife’s uncles – a bit larger than life – used to utter that from time to time.  He...

ANGELS AMONG US

“Gettin’ old sucks!”​ Dear Uncle Gene, the most storied and audacious of my wife’s uncles – a bit larger than life – used to utter that from time to time.  He...

PERSPECTIVE…AND POSSIBILITY

​A young millennial writer – one whom I’ve come to respect from reading several of her articles – recently opined on the folly and danger of hope.  In her article...

PERSPECTIVE…AND POSSIBILITY

​A young millennial writer – one whom I’ve come to respect from reading several of her articles – recently opined on the folly and danger of hope.  In her article...

A DESPERATE CRY

A DESPERATE CRY

His face still haunts me…like it was yesterday.  Walking along Ross Avenue, in front of the Cathedral of the Virgin of Guadalupe in downtown Dallas, two strangers – a man...

A DESPERATE CRY

His face still haunts me…like it was yesterday.  Walking along Ross Avenue, in front of the Cathedral of the Virgin of Guadalupe in downtown Dallas, two strangers – a man...