Asbury Park’s Offer to a Pretty County
“Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack, a crack, in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” –Leonard Cohen The wind picks up above Sunset Lake, caressing...
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The exhibition of paintings by Renaissance masters closes in three days. The only way I can get there is if I skip work. I skip work. On a cloudless, chilled January morning, I stroll through warm...
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Take a moment to consider the value and meaning of your name. With only transitory reflection, you may discover that your name is a multifaceted label with depth, gravity, associations, and...
View ArticleOrdinary Mysticism—Life Among the Displaced: An Interview with Sister Marilyn...
In the complex politics of the world market, borders frequently shift and governments often fail. Millions of people become refugees. And these people are left to suffer at the margins, homeless and...
View ArticleAbishag Warms King David
When King David was very old, he could not keep warm even when they put covers over him. —1 Kings 1:1–2 What is there to do but tuck his head in the nook of her arm, cradling him like...
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A moth, rich with detail as a Dürer engraving, is trapped in the house, weak from batting windows. Ash gray with shocked mahogany eyespots, the wings sag from...
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