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The sun had just begun to burn through the fog while my colleague and I were walking back from the Navy Pier toward our hotel in Chicago on a chilly April day. As we walked south on North Columbus Street, … Continue reading →

I’ve seen pictures of “Stone Cold” Steven Austin fans holding up those signs at professional wrestling events and found them a bit irritating if not offensive. They seem to me to be at least irreverent if not downright blasphemous. By … Continue reading →

We had a light freeze on Monday night, after the thunderstorm on Sunday night that brought lots of lightning and very little rain. We had high winds a couple of days and then a thoroughly pleasant Wednesday: temperatures in the … Continue reading →

May the Spirit of God lead you today in the path of peace and righteousness. May he guide you in the way of wisdom and turn you from every temptation. May the Lord and Savior, the risen Christ, bring you … Continue reading →

The smooth edge of the front hangs above the horizon toward the east. A brightening light spills between the line of the ridge and the cold slate of the clouds. The wind that blew hard and strong all day long … Continue reading →

It’s a bit unusual to have such contrast in the same day but not unheard of, by any means. I had two emails at work, one announcing the birth of a colleague’s new grandchild. The other one gave notice that … Continue reading →

The morning sky sags, heavy and gray, drooped around dead trees and grass like frayed cloth. Broken branches hang, caught in twisted strands from the ice storm three years ago. Clumps of sloughed growth spread across the field and backyard … Continue reading →

Found a pamphlet on the table last night. I think it fell out of our newspaper when I opened it. Either that, or someone walked in while we were gone and laid it on the kitchen table. So, I’m hoping … Continue reading →

I wake from this dream with a heaviness, something other than the sinus headache that keeps hanging on from one day to another to another. In it, I am sitting in the back seat of a car that one of … Continue reading →

Dan has prepared fish, small fillets skinned and marinated to take away the mud flavor. His wife, Christie, has cooked white beans and corn and puts a pan of cornbread into the oven. While she makes a salad and Dan … Continue reading →