- Faith on View

They promised us a meteor shower

-For S. They had promised us a meteor shower, but all we saw were lightning bugs. Down the street, you could hear the lowing and occasional roars of livestock, the bulls and broncos that had …

Two men sit across a desk from each other, one in a suit looking at papers, the other in a t-shirt looking overwhelmed.

“He paid the debt he did not own, I own the debt I could not pay/ I needed someone to wash my sins away.” -Alton Howard Singers Student loan debt has become a perennial topic …

A set of old soft teal doors are shown close up with a slide lock.

I recently attended a church convention that included a question-and-answer session with a new bishop, and during the session, an attendee stood up and asked a question about who would be welcome in the pews …

A person is shown from the shoulder down holding a pen over blank paper.

I write obituaries for a living. Well, only technically. It’s more honest to say that I edit obituaries as one of my job duties. In the free newspaper obituary business, there’s very little writing; it’s …

Somehow, the causes of the Civil War are back in the political discourse. Presidential candidate and former governor Nikki Haley, who at one time made news for taking down the Confederate flag in her state, …

A church sanctuary is shown with the words "When church hurt is too much"

“If being hurt by church causes you to lose faith in God,” so the saying on a popular image macro goes, “then your faith was in people, not in God.” I’ve been seeing this sentiment …

Figurines of Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus are shown in soft light.

See amid the winter’s snow, Born for us on earth below, See the tender Lamb appears, Promised from eternal years. Hail, thou ever-blessed morn! Hail, redemption’s happy dawn! Sing through all Jerusalem, Christ is …

A poem, Epiphany 2022 I have begun to wonder if we have not found God because we think we do not have time to gaze at the stars. We could follow them if we tried, …

A woman dressed in black is shown with a hand on a casket and holding a bouquet of white flowers.

“Do you know why people get together at Christmas? Because every time they do it might be the last time. Every Christmas is last Christmas.” -from Dr. Who 253, “Last Christmas,” written by Steven …

Image shows a man sleeping in the rough on an outdoor bench with a vibrant angelic scene behind him.

You’re not swearing when you say it’s been a Hell of a year. You put it down on paper, and it doesn’t look like much. But things add up. Things bleed you, leave you weak. …