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A Balm in Gilead
I remember as my mother was coming toward the end of her life, her looking up from her sick bed and admonishing me, “John, don’t get old.” What’s the alternative, I thought. I was saddened to see this woman I…
Read MoreThe Pathos of God
We in the modern, secular age aren’t quite sure how to talk about evil. Over the past of our human history, we’ve thought of those actions and events destructive of the human enterprise and flourishing in many ways. One of…
Read MoreWhat’s My Line?
When I was a small child, maybe fourth or fifth grade, our family would gather around our old black-and-white TV to watch our favorite evening fare. It was still our original TV bought in 1949 or so. A little round…
Read MoreWe Have Found Him
There’s a saying that comes out of the Buddhist tradition about encountering one who claims to be the Buddha. “If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him.” Because he is not the genuine article, the Real McCoy. Nothing…
Read MoreFirst Star I See Tonight
Many of us know that children’s rhyme, “Star light, star bright — First star I see tonight; I wish I may, I wish I might…” We gazed into the sky while the sun slowly sank below the horizon of trees…
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