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“My anger protected me only for a short time: anger wearies itself out and truth comes in.” (C. S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces) These words of Queen Orual perfectly express the way in which anger is often a refuge … Continue reading →

I suppose lots of fathers want their kids to follow in their footsteps and be interested in the stuff they like. I’m an English teacher and nature lover. Most my boys, however, haven’t shown must interest in literature or nature. … Continue reading →

 Recently two of my grown sons have been coming to church with me. These kids have grown up in church so they have worshipped beside me for years. But honestly for most of those years I couldn’t hear them singing. … Continue reading →

I’m an educator so I usually regard ignorance as the enemy. But about a year ago I embraced it as a friend: I dropped out of Facebook. I am now blissfully ignorant of what is going on in the lives … Continue reading →

For Christmas my older brother gave me a field guide to the dragonflies and damselflies of Oregon. This book by Cary Kerst and Steve Gordon is beautiful, full of great photos and details about each species. At the heart of … Continue reading →

  Recently we have had cold blustery days. At the cemetery up the hill, the wind sweeps through the grave-stones and shakes the black-berry vines and brambles on the other side of the road. Yesterday the setting sun broke through … Continue reading →

(This post is my attempt to write the essay I assign to my students every year: what makes right, right?) Many people in the last election cited moral values as their reason for voting for one party or the other. Candidates … Continue reading →

In a recent Time magazine interview (Nov. 23) Katrin Himmler was asked if she, like the descendants of other notorious Nazis, felt it was best not to have children so the name would die out. I found her answer interesting: … Continue reading →

If you find any of these blog entries helpful, intriguing, or infuriating, please comment. According to the counter it looks like people might be reading this blog, but without comments it hard to sense that I have readers and know … Continue reading →

I am sometimes struck by thoughts that at the moment seem quite profound—yet may be to everyone else quite obvious. I fear this may be one. All of this meditation on love has sprung from thoughts about the grace of … Continue reading →