Forsaken Friday, Easter, and why I’m still a Christian
I became a Christian because early in life I was given the language: sin, debt, fear, hell, wrath—grace, love, repentance, atonement, heaven…these were the econ...
Author: stephen t berg
Sap of sublime madness
You will hear, in Chris Hedges’ dystopian essay, “The Myth of Human Progress and the Collapse of Complex Societies,” the clear echoes of the p...
You and I and We
We praise the skill of the athlete, the hyper-drive of human limbs, the physiology of will, the suffering to win. We admire the minds that debone matter, with t...
Pink explosions
The skin beneath my chin, is loosening. GraduallyI am changing into a memory. Still, above me, a cherry tree is blossoming.So many tiny pink explosions, left in...