A God Big Enough for Bacteria
The railway forest is changing with the seasons. I recently took a walk through it, now that the bugs have died down enough that I probably won’t get West Nile Virus. Most of the forest …
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Is the Next Moses on Capitol Hill?
Is the Speaker of the House the next Moses? It’s a silly question, I know, but some teachers in Louisiana may be involuntarily pushing exactly that message soon. Louisiana is currently in the process of …
The Delta Dawn is Always Different: A Poem
The delta dawn is always different with thechanging tide of seasons. The early purpled lightbecomes a red that slowly scrubs the sununtil the skies are clear white.When the storms abate — or maybethey just wait …
In Praise of a Naked Christ
In a recent online exchange, I posted a photo of an icon that showed the Virgin Mary with a breast partially uncovered. While some of the discussion centered around the ever-weary topic of modesty, another …
This is My Creed: Christ With Me
On the Louisiana College campus, there’s a carillon at the top of the central historic building that plays awful bell arrangements of traditional evangelical hymns at certain times during the day. When I was a …
Where They Once Hunted the Mammoth
The fat water snake didn’t know what to make of us. It had slithered down toward the river, probably seeking the same swimming hole where we were spending the afternoon. Maybe it wanted to catch …
The ‘Weird’ Power of a Single Word
“If you look at his friend Jake, you would think that Jake is weird because of how he dresses, but Vershal – even though he looks normal – he’s the one who is really weird.” …
The forest that buried the railway station
Even though I live in town, there’s a non-park wooded area within a short distance of my house that I sometimes like to go for a walk through. As woods go, they’re not as enchanted …
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 …
Student Loans: Against perpetual debt service
“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 …