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On the Road Again
As a child I delighted in those Bob Hope road-trip movies. I especially liked the ones featuring both Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. They usually featured great women, like “The Road to Hong Kong” with both Dorothy Lamour and Jean…
Read MoreWas You There, Charlie?
My grandfather, Charles Gross, was quite a raconteur, noted for his tall tales and elaborate embroidering of things that had actually happened. He was a master storyteller. With a wry grin and a twinkle in his eye he would launch…
Read MoreChrist the Gardener
We are sometimes blindsided by moments of complete and utter terror. I remember such a night over at our neighbor Jorie’s house where several of us junior high school kids had gathered to watch a new TV program, “The Sea…
Read MoreThis Night
In the Passover liturgy, the youngest son at the meal asks the seminal question, “Why is this night different from all others?” The narrative of the Passover, the haste in being ready at a moment’s notice to leave Egypt, the…
Read MoreThe Summons of the Via Dolorosa
Today, my issue of the Living Church arrived and on the front cover was a picture of the “Harrowing of Hell.” This image is from the Icon Museum in Recklinghausen, Germany, artist unknown. In the Apostles Creed, one line reads,…
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