The only way to get in there, she believed without question, was throughperforming good deeds, the living by and through … More
Tag: #Religion
Tradition
His body was given for me, he thought, kept hearing it overand over while he watched the walk along the … More
Never Give a Inch
After One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest came out as a movie, Jim was madder than a wet poultry dentist. … More
Congregation
Congregation I was one of them, gathering together to ask the Lord’s blessing, every Sunday singing with the rest, how … More
What I’ve Unlearned
It was up there somewhere, that ideal place where the dead waited for me.I learned about afterlife and angels long … More
Church Service
When I was young I was dragged to Sunday service, sat unhappily brooding in a middling distance pew, wedged in … More
No Survivors
I’m guessing someone’s died out here tonight. He’d been brought up in the Lutheran Church, his Grandmother and then his … More
NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 12, Fear and Loathing
I understand that scholars on the subject now generally can neither agree nor disagree whether Martin Luther, ordered to recant … More
A Drug Connection (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery, Chapter 5)
“Are we gonna let his father know?” asked Stillman. Chan shook his head. “No. Let’s give him a chance to recuperate.” “What … More
The Old Tree
I’m headed for St. Mary’s Cathedral. The Cathedral Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, as they call it in Gaelic. I … More
When You Don’t Speak the Same Language
We sip tea at a long table, waiting for another Taoist monk to speak to us. This will be the … More