God’s Calendar
has a picture of a cabin beside a lake. Light is streaming through a window, and there’s a creek running into the lake that seems lit up from within. It also ha...
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Remembrance Day isn’t easy
Remembrance Day always brings conflicting thoughts. It’s not an easy day. Not easy because I will not be ungrateful for the sacrifices made in war, but I&...
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...
Martin Luther King’s call beyond ‘I have a dream’
Here, comfortable in my condo reading “I Have a Dream,” I feel good. I can celebrate Martin Luther King Day as though it’s a piece of packaged...